The last Comandante

Isabel Martínez and Vicente Ferraz
fiction, 35mm, color, 96min, 2010
Costa Rica / Brazil

In the eve of the 30th anniversary of the triumph of Nicaragua’s revolution a long forgotten Sandinista commander appears: Paco Jarquín. Contrary to most of his former FSLN colleagues, he prefers to deny his glorious past to live anonymously in the neighbour Costa Rica as a common dance teacher.

Original Title: El último Comandante
Production company: Tres Mundos Producciones.
Directors: Isabel Martínez and Vicente Ferrraz
Producer: Isabel Martínez
Screenwriter: Manolito Rodríguez, Vicente Ferraz and Jaime Gamboa.
Sound: Ricardo Istueta and Haymo Heyder
Director of Photography: Vicente Ferraz
Editing: Samuel Larson, Juan Manuel Fernández, Sergio Meckler.
Art Direction: Rafael Ribeiro
Costumes: Ana Maria Barrio Nuevo

Cast: Damián Alcázar, Alfredo Catania, Anabell Ulloa, Haydée de Lev, Telma Darkings and Ana Clara Carranza.

This film has been made with the support of:

HUBERT BALS FUND
HIVOS
CINERGIA – Fondo de fomento al cine Centroamericano y del Caribe
C.C.P.C – Centro Costarricense de Producción Cinematográfica
SIGNIS Award at the VI Grant for Latin American Film Post-Production – World Catholic Association for Communications
OIM – Organización Internacional para la Migraciones – ONU
VIDEOTEK

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