The Last Days of Humanity
May 08 2023
•3h 16m
•Documentary
The panorama of human affairs encounters the “man with a movie camera”. His playground has no boundaries, his curiosity no limits. Characters, situations and places pitch camp in the life of a humanity that is at once the viewer and the thing viewed. But what are the last days of this humanity? Have they already passed? Are they now or still to come?
Cast
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Carmelo Bene
Self (archive footage)
Bernardo Bertolucci
Self (archive footage)
Luciano Emmer
Self (archive footage)
Abel Ferrara
Self (archive footage)
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