EDUARDO
ALBUQUERQUE
ALBUQUERQUE
2021
A ESPERANÇA É A ÚLTIMA QUE MORRE
2015
“A esperança é a última que morre” is Eduardo Albuquerque's first feature film as a Screenwriter.
Synopsis: Things get out of hand when a small-time small town reporter finds herself creating a fake serial killer so she can have exclusive coverage and become co-anchor.
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Starring: Dani Calabresa, Katiuscia Canoro, Danton Mello, Rodrigo Sant’anna, Augusto Madeira, Thelmo Fernandes, Mary Sheila, Adriana Garambone, Cora Zobaran, Tatsu Carvalho, Téia Kane, Gilray Coutinho and Márvio "Carioca” Lúcio.
Directed by Calvito Leal
Screenplay by Eduardo Albuquerque, Patricia Andrade
Produced by Isabel Graça, Diego Paiva, Luciana Boal Marinho, Alberto Graça Director of Photography Gustavo Hadba
Production Design Claudio Amaral Peixoto
Wardrobe Ana Avelar
Makeup Lucila Rubirosa
Hair Claudia Cruz
Executive Producer Tereza Gonzalez, Lili Nogueira
Edited by Danilo Lemos, Marcelo Moraes, Bernardo Pimenta
Original Score Plinio Profeta
An MPC Filmes production distributed by Downtown Filmes
Directed by Calvito Leal
Screenplay by Eduardo Albuquerque, Patricia Andrade
Produced by Isabel Graça, Diego Paiva, Luciana Boal Marinho, Alberto Graça Director of Photography Gustavo Hadba
Production Design Claudio Amaral Peixoto
Wardrobe Ana Avelar
Makeup Lucila Rubirosa
Hair Claudia Cruz
Executive Producer Tereza Gonzalez, Lili Nogueira
Edited by Danilo Lemos, Marcelo Moraes, Bernardo Pimenta
Original Score Plinio Profeta
An MPC Filmes production distributed by Downtown Filmes
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RECEPTION
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“A esperança é a última que morre” was the 16th highest grossing Brazilian movie of 2015, selling over 115,000 tickets.
The movie was received with good reviews, that pointed the script as “smarter” than the majority of the movies of the “comedy wave” in Brazil during the 2010s.
Adoro Cinema said “the script, written by Eduardo Albuquerque, and Patricia Andrade, is one of the greatest triumphs of the movie: creative, funny, well-rounded”.
Papo de cinema said the movie has “a script that plays with morals being inverted and stimulates critical thinking”.
Jornal O Globo complimented the writers’ for their “good original ideas.”
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Titled “Hope Dies Last” in the US, “A esperança é a última que morre” was nominated for “best movie” at the 2016 Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival.
The original story was written by Calvito Leal, Eduardo Albuquerque and Gregorio Duvivier, who was first set to play the role of “Eric”, that wound up being played by Danton Mello.
Lead actress Dani Calabresa was at the time married to Marcelo Adnet, who starred Albuquerque's short film “Pseudociese” seven years prior.
Credited as Eduardo Caldas (his actor name), Albuquerque does two cameos in the movie: one at the very first scene as Hortência's (Dani Calabresa) camera, and the other in the TV station at the end of the second act in a two-part gag where JP Macedo (Augusto Madeira) shouts “stop the presses!” and Albuquerque cluelessly stops the coffee press.
![Albuquerque's cameo on the movie's first scene]()
![L-R: Claudio Amaral Peixoto, Isabel Graça, Dani Calabresa, Diego Paiva, Eduardo Albuquerque and Calvito Leal]()
![Cast and crew give flowers to actress Cora Zobaran on her last day of shooting]()
![Producer Diego Paiva, Director Calvito Leal and Screenwriter Eduardo Albuquerque]()
The movie was received with good reviews, that pointed the script as “smarter” than the majority of the movies of the “comedy wave” in Brazil during the 2010s.
Adoro Cinema said “the script, written by Eduardo Albuquerque, and Patricia Andrade, is one of the greatest triumphs of the movie: creative, funny, well-rounded”.
Papo de cinema said the movie has “a script that plays with morals being inverted and stimulates critical thinking”.
Jornal O Globo complimented the writers’ for their “good original ideas.”
Titled “Hope Dies Last” in the US, “A esperança é a última que morre” was nominated for “best movie” at the 2016 Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival.
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FUN FACTS
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FUN FACTS
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The original story was written by Calvito Leal, Eduardo Albuquerque and Gregorio Duvivier, who was first set to play the role of “Eric”, that wound up being played by Danton Mello.
Lead actress Dani Calabresa was at the time married to Marcelo Adnet, who starred Albuquerque's short film “Pseudociese” seven years prior.
Credited as Eduardo Caldas (his actor name), Albuquerque does two cameos in the movie: one at the very first scene as Hortência's (Dani Calabresa) camera, and the other in the TV station at the end of the second act in a two-part gag where JP Macedo (Augusto Madeira) shouts “stop the presses!” and Albuquerque cluelessly stops the coffee press.
