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Film/Video: The Last Supper

June 13, 2024
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Wexner Center Film/Video Theatre

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Add to Calendar 2024-06-13 19:00:00 2024-06-13 21:00:00 Film/Video: The Last Supper This rarely screened film blends classical and surrealist elements to create a forceful message against colonialism.A sanctimonious Spanish count and plantation owner in 1790s Havana decides to stage a pre-Easter recreation of the Last Supper using 12 of his slaves as disciples. He hopes to teach them about Christianity and even grants a reprieve from work on Good Friday. The enslaved men reject the proselytizing during the long dinner and later learn the count has reneged on his promises, leading to a violent uprising. In Spanish with English subtitles. (113 mins., 4K DCP)See the entire Tomás Gutiérrez Alea lineup.To purchase tickets, please visit the Wexner Center page. $7 members and adults 55 and over$9 general public$5 students Wexner Center Film/Video Theatre Spanish & Portuguese spanport@osu.edu America/New_York public

This rarely screened film blends classical and surrealist elements to create a forceful message against colonialism.

A sanctimonious Spanish count and plantation owner in 1790s Havana decides to stage a pre-Easter recreation of the Last Supper using 12 of his slaves as disciples. He hopes to teach them about Christianity and even grants a reprieve from work on Good Friday. The enslaved men reject the proselytizing during the long dinner and later learn the count has reneged on his promises, leading to a violent uprising. In Spanish with English subtitles. (113 mins., 4K DCP)

See the entire Tomás Gutiérrez Alea lineup.

To purchase tickets, please visit the Wexner Center page. 

$7 members and adults 55 and over
$9 general public
$5 students