The Last Match

The Last Match

Sun. Sex. Soccer... Survival

Directed by Antonio Hens

Produced by El Azar, Malas Compañías

201394 min7.2 / 10

A gritty, intimate portrait of two young men from Havana's underworld struggling to sustain a forbidden love amid economic desperation and social hostility.

Cuba is not a country for young gays. Teen rent boy Reinier falls in love with a mate in the slum soccer field in their neighbourhood in Havana. Although obsessed with moneymaking to hold up his baby, teen wife, and wife's grandma, gambler Reinier always fails to get the stroke of luck he looks for. At the same time he cannot help being infatuated by Yosvani. Handsome Yosvani will give up his older, wealthy girlfriend (whom he hooked up to pay for a lavish life in the big city), and the work he does for her father, a loan thug, so much in love he is with Reinier. But the boys would fight hard to keep this love in the reckless Havana streets.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Last Match sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does The Last Match end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

  • Is The Last Match scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The Last Match violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Last Match easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

62/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity32

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise86

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love75

How much audiences actually like it

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Same Mood as The Last Match

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Last Match, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Last Match, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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