THE LAST

LOS ÚLTIMOS

By Sebastián ESCOBAR PEÑA

BOCACHA FILMS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2023

On a lethargic voyage to the last virgin forests of Paraguay, three sceptic ecologists’ debate about the future of our species. As a massive wildfire looms in the area, the travelers confront the inevitability of their conclusions with irony and dark sense of humor.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2023
International Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • PARAGUAY, URUGUAY
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, GUARANI
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sebastián ESCOBAR PEÑA
    • Writer(s)
    • Sebastián PEÑA ESCOBAR
    • Producer(s)
    • Marcelo MARTINESSI (LA BABOSA CINE), Agustina CHIARINO (MUTANTE CINE), Fernando EPSTEIN (MUTANTE CINE), Xavier ROCHER (LA FABRICA NOCTURNA), Marina PERALES MARHENDA (LA FABRICA NOCTURNA)
    • Synopsis
    • Ulf, a German with an acid tongue, is an internationally renowned butterfly specialist. Jota, a witty Paraguayan considered the foremost bird expert in the country. For decades, they have been studying the forests of Paraguay while witnessing relentless deforestation and manmade wildfires. Sebastian, on the other hand, has been fascinated with an endangered dry forest ecosystem called The Chaco, the largest green mass in South America after the Amazon.