Today, the ritual of giving the last supper to the condemned person has been detached from its origin, and can be perceived to be as absurd as the punishment it accompanies. Mats Bigert & Lars Bergström's film “The Last Supper” focuses on this discrepancy between historical “meaning” and contemporary use of a tradition that has lost its connection with the past. The main character is the former death row chef Brian Price, who reconstructs one of the 200 final meals that he prepared during his time as inmate in Huntsville State Prison, Texas.

Cast

Brian Price

Former Death Row Chef

Mimi Martin

Director of Food Studies

Sakae Menda

Former Death Row Prisoner

Pra Kru Nanta

Buddhist Monk

Bobby Olaguer

Prison Chaplain

Johan Steynberg

Former Executioner

Attha Youth

Former Prison Warden