★★★★ “This gripping subsea documentary will have you gasping for air.”
Last Breath
Feature Documentary • 2019 • 86’ • UK
Credits
Directors:
Alex Parkinson, Richard Da Costa
Producers:
Al Morrow, Stewart le Maréchal, Angus Lamont, Dylan Williams
A commercial diver is stranded on the seabed with five minutes of breathing gas, but with no chance of rescue for half an hour. With access to astonishing underwater archive, this is the true story of one man’s impossible fight for survival.
GRAVITY meets TOUCHING THE VOID — 100 metres underwater.
Awards & Festivals
Best Documentary
Best Sound
Best Composer
Best Editing
— Royal Television Society West Awards 2020
Audience Award
— HotDocs 2019 [International Premiere]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 [World/Domestic Premiere]
Reviews
“This gripping subsea documentary is so taut and claustrophobic, it will have you gasping for air.”
— Time Out, London
“It's affecting stuff — there are few things more moving than tough men getting emotional.”
— The Times
“Powerful.”
— The Financial Times
“A tense, gripping documentary.”
— Sight & Sound Magazine
“Plays out at times like a thriller. A race against time at the bottom of the sea.”
— Backseat Mafia
“If the intense and thoroughly captivating documentary Last Breath doesn't leave viewers with quickened pulses and goosebumps, they might want to consult their physicians.”
— The Gate
“It makes The Abyss look like a dip in the shallow end.”
— Flickering Myth
