The Last Flight (2009)
"Le dernier vol" (original title)

A woman goes on a journey to find her lover after his plane disappears in the Sahara.

Director:

Karim Dridi

Writers:

Pascal Arnold (screenplay), Karim Dridi (screenplay),

Stars:

Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet, Guillaume Marquet

Cast

Credited cast:
Marion Cotillard	...	Marie Vallières de Beaumont
Guillaume Canet	...	Antoine Chauvet
Guillaume Marquet	...	Vincent Brosseau
Fred Epaud	...	Louis (as Frédéric Epaud)
Saïdou Abatcha	...	Saïddou
Michaël Vander-Meiren	...	Vasseur
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Swann Arlaud
Ben Aïssa El Jirari	...	Si Ahmed
Halimata Graille
Robert Hoehn	...	(voice)
Nabil Imtital
Mohamed Ixa
Mohamed Kounda

Storyline

A woman goes on a journey to find her lover after his plane disappears in the Sahara.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

16 December 2009 (France)

Also Known As:

The Last Voyage of the Lancaster

Filming Locations:

Merzouga, Erfoud, Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont, Les Films du Dauphin, France 3 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A waste of time

Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet, a full complement of Touareg tribesmen in picturesque robes, beautiful desert landscapes -- sounds good, yes? But what we get is a slow-paced, dreary movie which seems to have no particular point to make.

We are in the French Sahara in the 1930s. A conflict is established between a gung-go French captain, the commandant of the local garrison, who is determined to gain glory and promotion by crushing a local rebellion, and his lieutenant (Canet).

The lieutenant appreciates the local culture, speaks the local language and tries to rein in the captain. In flies a French aviatrix (Cotillard) -- she's searching for her lover, an English pilot who has crashed in the desert.

Actually, now that I think of it, there IS a point -- to show that Cotillard looks fetching on a camel. In this the film succeeds but not in much else.