Last Embrace (1979)
- Directed by
- Jonathan Demme
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 82 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman sets out to kill the descendants of a group that enslaved her grandmother. She takes on the role of a biblical avenger.
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What happens
Last Embrace is a 1979 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Roy Scheider, Janet Margolin, John Glover, Sam Levene, Charles Napier and Christopher Walken. Loosely based on the novel The 13th Man by Murray Teigh Bloom, it tells the story of a woman who takes the role similar to the biblical avenger Goel and kills the descendants of the Zwi Migdal, who enslaved her grandmother. The film was released by United Artists on May 4, 1979, and received mixed reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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