THE LAST WISH / EL ÚLTIMO DESEO (97’ – 2024)
 A Rax Rinnekangas film
 Cast: Eric Francés, Nora Armani, Valentín Martin Cabello, Sergio García Hernández
Production: Oy Bad Taste Ltd (Finland) & Asociación Cultural Sad Hill (Spain)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOUbRiWOA48 

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ángel Flores, a Spanish actor, returns to Spain to fulfill the last dying wish of his theatre master, Miguel Lama. Ten years earlier, due to a personal tragedy, Ángel had escaped to Mexico, where he had become a TV soap star. Miguel Lama’s last wish for Ángel is to travel to a remote monastery up in the mountains of Northern Spain and there to read Dostoyevsky’s thousand-page-novel The Brothers Karamazov, each page three times, then to come to his graveside in the monastery cemetery every night to tell him about the progress made in reading the novel. This mysterious experience reveals the secret of Ángel’s tragedy and helps him understand the role of reading in healing inner personal traumas. Ángel also learns that no dictator in the East, West, South, or North who destroys his people and his neighbors will be able to eliminate the importance of authentic literature as the cornerstone of humanity. 

The film is a tribute to the miracle of reading, Italian neo-realism, classical theatre, and anti-war activism. Languages: Spanish and Armenian, with English subtitles. 

”An incredible monastery drama.” 37. Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival, 2024. And, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.