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THE LAST CHANCE

A ÚLTIMA CHANCE

By Paulo THIAGO

Drama - Completed 2017

True story based on the life of a poor guy and professor of Muaythai Fabio Leão, from the slum in a suburb of Rio, who used to be involved with drug-trafficking and robbery. A social and political story of overcoming.

- Year of production
- 2017
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BRAZIL
- Languages
- BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 99 mn
- Director(s)
- Paulo THIAGO
- Writer(s)
- Paulo THIAGO, Teresa FROTA
- Cast
- Marco PIGOSSI, Juliana LOHMANN
- Producer(s)
- Glaucia CAMARGOS (Melodrama Produções Ltda)
- Synopsis
- True Story based on the life of a poor guy and professor of Muay Thai Fabio Leão. His story begins explosively, when he was 20 years old. The character comes from the slum of Vila Kenedy in a suburb of Rio.He was involved with the traffic of drugs and banditry. The movieapproches fighting as in the classic movie "Rocco and His Brothers" by Visconti,although "Last Chance" is a social and political story of overcoming. A dramatic life, Fábio had been involved with prisons and had passion for the ring since he was a teenager, and by teaching. Everything is mixed with a 20 year old love for Luciana. In an emotional scene Luciana goes looking for him drugged in the trash. Realistic and epic, the story of Fábio is a film about the redemption of a man.