The Last Days of May


1h 33m 1999

Brief Synopsis

After a mental breakdown a young woman returns home from the hospital to restart her life and reassert her independence, but her overpowering alcoholic mother makes it tough for her to go.

Film Details

Also Known As
Last Days of May
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Spyros Films
Location
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; New York City, New York, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Synopsis

After a mental breakdown a young woman returns home from the hospital to restart her life and reassert her independence, but her overpowering alcoholic mother makes it tough for her to go.

Film Details

Also Known As
Last Days of May
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Spyros Films
Location
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; New York City, New York, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of Best Actress (Mindlin) at the 1998 American Film Institute (AFI) Los Angeles International Film Festival.

Feature directorial debut for director/writer George Spyros, a 1989 graduate of NYU's undergraduate program in Film, who directed the award-winning short "Parking."

Began shooting June 1995.

Completed shooting July 1995.

Shown at AFI/ Los Angeles International Film Festival (New Directions) October 22-31, 1998.

Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 18-25, 1998.

Shown at Providence/Rhode Island International Film Festival August 6-19, 1999.

World premiere at the 1998 AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival.

35mm

Super-16mm

color