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Le Dernier Combat (1983)

Le Dernier Combat poster
Directed by
Luc Besson
Genre
drama film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 166 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone has become mute, a lone man fights to survive against other survivors and seeks a way to escape his desolate surroundings. The film is shot in black and white and uses almost no dialogue.

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What happens

Le Dernier Combat (French: [lə dɛʁnje kɔ̃ba]; English: The Last Battle) is a 1983 French post-apocalyptic film. It was the first feature film to be directed by Luc Besson, and also features Jean Reno's first prominent role. Music for the film was composed by Éric Serra. The film was the first of many collaborations between Besson, Reno and Serra. A dark vision of post-apocalyptic survival, the film was shot in black and white and contains only two words of dialogue. It depicts a world where people have been rendered mute by some unknown incident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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