| L'AVANT DERNIER (Les Films du Loup, France 1981) Color: B/W Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm Cinematographic process: CinemaScope Printed film format: 35 mm Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1 DIRECTED by Luc Besson WRITING CREDITS: Luc Besson, Pierre Jolivet CAST: Pierre Jolivet, Jean Reno, Fabrice Roche, Luc Besson (as The final monster, uncredited) PRODUCED by Luc Besson ORIGINAL MUSIC by Eric Serra CINEMATOGRAPHY by Carlo Varini FILM EDITING by Sophie Schmit COSTUME DESIGN by Magali Bassene (as Magaly Bassenne), Nicole Fresque SOUND DEPARTMENT: Dominique Hennequin (sound), André Naudin (foley artist) CAMERA AND ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT Guy-Auguste Boléat (assistant camera), Jean Coudsi (assistant camera) COSTUME AND WARDROBE DEPARTMENT: Philippe de Choin (costumer), Isabelle Gibbal (costumer), Camille Guichard (costumer), Martine Rapin (costumer) (as Martine Rappin) Luc Besson's first work as a director was this short film about one man's struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. After a global nuclear catastrophe, all trace of civilisation is reduced to ruins. Pollution in the atmosphere has robbed man of his power of speech, and mankind is reduced to eking out a pitiful existence amidst the debris. One man manages to escape from a band of marauders in a wasteland by patching up an aeroplane. He lands in what remains of a former city, where he encounters a homicidal brute. He is able to fend off the brute with help from a doctor, who lives alone in what was once ... |
