The Last of Sheila

Film producer Clinton Greene invites six of his friends on a week-long cruise across the Mediterranean. A year earlier, they had all attended a party during which Clinton’s wife was fatally struck by a car, the driver fleeing the scene. This time, Greene has devised a game for his guests: each is given a card revealing their own secret and must uncover what is hidden on the others’. Is it merely innocent entertainment, or a carefully orchestrated plot to expose his wife’s killer?

The screenplay for “The Last of Sheila” was written by two non-heteronormative artists: Anthony Perkins – best known for his role in “Psycho” and more recently portrayed in the series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” – and Stephen Sondheim, the legendary creator of musicals such as “West Side Story”, “Into the Woods”, and “Sweeney Todd”.

For both writers, it was their only feature-length film screenplay. Previously, they had organized so-called scavenger hunts for their friends in New York high society. Although neither of them was out at the time, they managed to weave queer themes into the film – shall we uncover them together?

Kinoteka 16.04, 20:15 BILETY/TICKETS