Last Holiday (2006)
Director:
Wayne Wang
Tagline:
« Enjoy yourself . . . It’s later than you think! »
Actors:
Georgia Byrd
Sean Williams
Matthew Kragen
Senator Dillings
Ms. Burns
Rating:
(43’060 votes)
(43’060 votes)
Quotes:
[from trailer]
« Georgia Byrd: Next time… we will laugh more, we'll love more; we just won't be so afraid.
»
[voiceover while writing a letter]
« Georgia Byrd: If you're reading this letter, my disease has run its course. Enclosed is some money for my burial. I would like to be cremated. I spent my whole life in a box. I don't want to be buried in one. Georgia May Byrd.
»
« Chef Didier: The start is not nearly as important as the finish.
»
Trailer:
Last Holiday
Runtime:112 minutes
Plots:
Georgia, who leads a life full of unfulfilled desires, is left shocked when she discovers her terminal illness. Soon, she quits her job, gathers her savings and sets out on a luxurious trip to Europe.
In morte veritas. Georgia Byrd clerks at a New Orleans department store. She defers pleasure: cooks gourmet meals, eats Lean Cuisine; likes a co-worker in silence; has savings, but hasn’t left Louisiana. All that changes when a CT Scan discloses she has three weeks to live. She cashes her savings and heads to Grandhotel Pupp in the Czech Republic, where Chef Didier presides. She checks into the Presidential Suite, orders everything on the menu, snowboards, and comes to the attention of the chef and the hotel’s powerful American guests: a Congressman, a Senator, a retail magnate, and his mistress. She has nothing to lose, so she tells them what she thinks. Will the truth set them free?
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