Last Chance (2012)

Original title

Une dernière chance

Directed by

Paul-Émile d'Entremont

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows five LGBT people as they apply for asylum in Canada to escape persecution in their home countries. Their stories involve imprisonment, family rejection, and violence as they seek safety.

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What happens

Last Chance (French: Une dernière chance) is a 2012 documentary by Paul-Émile d'Entremont about five LGBT people seeking the right of asylum in Canada in order to escape persecution or homophobic violence in their homelands. Subjects in the film include a transgender woman who was institutionalized by her family in Lebanon, an LGBT person jailed in Egypt, as well as Trudi, a Jamaican lesbian who was "correctively raped" at gunpoint. Last Chance was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. D'Entremont conceived the idea for the film while in Jordan, working on his previous film, Reema, aller-retour. The film took ten years to make, including three years of principal photography. Trudi's was the last story to be filmed. Montreal immigration and refugee lawyer Noel St. Pierre was also among those interviewed in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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