Benjamín Vicuña Joins Bize’s ‘My Last Stand’ — SkimNews
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- Benjamín Vicuña joined the cast of Matías Bize’s “My Last Stand” opposite 91-year-old Jaime Vadell; production began Oct. 19.
- My Last Stand adapts Elena Muñoz’s play, co-written for screen by Muñoz, Raimundo Bastidas and Milena Bastidas; Amanda thwarts her grandfather’s suicide attempt, and her father Julián, played by Vicuña, returns from Germany after years away.
- SENAMA reports that people aged 80 and older in Chile have one of the country’s highest suicide rates, an increase of more than 130% over the past decade; the film centers the issue of aging with dignity.
- Invercine and Cubho Audiovisual are co-producing Bize’s 10th feature with Wild Horse Nine executive producer Cristián Donoso; it is Cubho’s first fiction feature after several shorts and animation projects.
- My Last Stand is being filmed at a country house by a vineyard near Santiago, a setting tied to wine’s importance among small-scale Chilean growers and family-run businesses, as with the protagonist.
- My Last Stand made its market debut at the ninth Málaga Festival Fund & Co-Production Event in March and has a 2027 world premiere scheduled.
Why it matters: Invercine is bringing its international coproduction experience to Cubho Audiovisual’s first fiction feature, while the film addresses a crisis SENAMA says has climbed more than 130% in a decade among Chileans aged 80 and older. The production marks Cubho’s move from shorts and animation into scripted features, with a 2027 world premiere scheduled.
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