Últimos días de la víctima (1982)

The story of a hitman, a man who kills other people for money, and the dangers that come with the job.

Director:

Adolfo Aristarain

Writers:

Adolfo Aristarain (screenplay), José Pablo Feinmann (novel),

Stars:

Federico Luppi, Soledad Silveyra, Ulises Dumont

8 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Federico Luppi	...	Raúl Mendizábal
Soledad Silveyra	...	Cecilia Ravenna
Ulises Dumont	...	Gato Funes
Julio De Grazia	...	Carlos Ravenna
Arturo Maly	...	Rodolfo Külpe
Elena Tasisto	...	Laura Ramos de Külpe
Enrique Liporace	...	Peña
China Zorrilla	...	Beba (Landlady)
Mónica Galán	...	Vienna
Carlos Ferreiro	...	Ferrari
Pablo Rago	...	Bruno Külpe
Norma Kraider	...	Amante de Külpe
Adolfo Aristarain	...	Shopkeeper
Ángel Faretta
Jorge Gundín

Storyline

The story of a hitman, a man who kills other people for money, and the dangers that come with the job.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Crime

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Details

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

8 April 1982 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

Last Days of the Victim

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aries Cinematográfica Argentina

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The two scenes in which Marcos Woinski delivers the money in the mailbox were not scripted. In the original screenplay there was only one delivery scene and it took place on a parking lot, with Mendizabal (Federico Luppi) behind the wheel of his car, and the delivery guy throwing the envelope in his car. The original ending (in the original screenplay)was supposed to be only the close shot of the curtain in Mendizabal's room with the three cigarette burns. And the ending seen in the film (the one with Kulpe picking up his money from the mailbox) was scripted at the last minute and filmed right after the Mendizabal Pick up.

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Connections

Remade as Two to Tango (1988)

User Reviews

The best Argentine movie ever made!!!

I'm Argentinian, though I'm not very fond of Argentine films. Most of them suffer from poor dialogue and bad acting. Also, there aren't many directors that are really good. Adolfo Aristarain is one of them, the best of them. Here he does his finest, most perfect film, a marvellous, cold-hearted film noir, where characters seem to have no purpose in life. Federico Luppi plays a hitman who's about to retire and has to do his last assignment, though I'm not gonna say what it is because I'll be giving away an excellent plot. The acting is superb, the script (based upon the novel of the same name by Jose Pablo Feinmann) wonderful, and the direction solid. Ultimos Dias de la Victima is the best Argentine film ever made and maybe one of the best movies in all film history. Needless to say, I'm giving it a very enthusiastic 10. Some years later, the very inferior Argentine director Hector Olivera, disastrously remade this film as Two to Tango for Roger Corman.