Last Supper

9.0200557m
Documentary

Today, the ritual of giving the last supper to the condemned person has been detached from its origin, and can be perceived to be as absurd as the punishment it accompanies. Mats Bigert & Lars Bergström's film “The Last Supper” focuses on this discrepancy between historical “meaning” and contemporary use of a tradition that has lost its connection with the past. The main character is the former death row chef Brian Price, who reconstructs one of the 200 final meals that he prepared during his time as inmate in Huntsville State Prison, Texas.

Directed by Lars Bergström

CAST

The people behind the story

Brian PriceFormer Death Row Chef
Mimi MartinDirector of Food Studies
Sakae MendaFormer Death Row Prisoner
Pra Kru NantaBuddhist Monk
Bobby OlaguerPrison Chaplain
Johan SteynbergFormer Executioner
Attha YouthFormer Prison Warden

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