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The Last Victory

Original title: The Last Victory
Year: 2004
Running time: 88 min.
Country: Netherlands
Director: John Appel
Screenwriter: John Appel
Cast: Documentary
Music: Wouter van Bemmel
Cinematography: Erik van Empel
Producer: Cobos Films & NPS, Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland
Genre: Documentary | Horses
Synopsis: Documents the summer days in 2003 leading up to the running of Siena's Palio, a horse race around the city center, that dates back hundreds of years. Seventeen neighborhoods compete. This film follows the contrada of Civetta (owl), which hasn't won since 1979. We see that glorious victory, we meet people young and old for whom each year's Palio is life's most important event, we see the drawing that assigns a horse to each contrada, and we observe the feasting and pageantry beforehand. Then, the running of the race: will Civetta experience the elation of victory or the bitterness of loss?

Awards: 2004: Nominada in European Film Awards: Best Documentary

2004: 2 Awards in el Festival Cinematográfico of Holanda: Editing, Cinematography. 3 Nominations

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The Last Victory

2004

John Appel