Last Holiday (2006)
Given weeks to live, Georgia Byrd finally spends her savings on the life she wanted.
A shy New Orleans cookware saleswoman (Queen Latifah) learns she has a terminal condition, cashes out everything, and flies to a grand European hotel to live — and eat — gloriously, under chef Gérard Depardieu's wing. The diagnosis, of course, deserves a second look. Latifah's warmth makes the fantasy feel like a philosophy.
Queen Latifah plays Georgia Byrd, a shy New Orleans cook who keeps a scrapbook 'Book of Possibilities' instead of a life — until a misdiagnosis gives her three weeks and a reason to spend it all. The remake of a 1950 Alec Guinness film sends her to the Grandhotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary, where Gérard Depardieu's chef recognizes a fellow believer in butter. Latifah's glow-up isn't the makeover; it's watching a careful woman order everything on the menu. A post-Katrina New Orleans production, it carries home and loss inside the fairy tale.
From the Film
The Facts
- Year
- 2006
- Director
- Wayne Wang
- Runtime
- 112 minutes
- Network / Studio
- theatrical
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Queen Latifah | Georgia Byrd |
| LL Cool J | Sean Matthews |
| Timothy Hutton | Matthew Kragen |
| Gérard Depardieu | Chef Didier |
| Alicia Witt | |
| Giancarlo Esposito |
Good to know: It is loosely based on the 1950 British film of the same name by J. B. Priestley.
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