{{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = The Last Step | image = The Last Step.jpg | alt = <!-- See: WP:ALT --> | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Ali Mosaffa]] | screenplay = [[Ali Mosaffa]] | starring = [[Leila Hatami]]<br>[[Ali Mosaffa]]<br>Alireza Aghakhani<br>[[Hamed Behdad]]
| cinematography = Alireza Barazandeh | editing = Fardin Saheb Zamani | studio = Road Film Production | distributor = Hedayat Film | released = {{film date|2012|02|11}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Iran | language = Persian
}}
'''''The Last Step''''' ({{langx|fa|پله آخر|Pelle âxar}}) is [[Ali Mosaffa]]'s second feature film, following ''Portrait of a Lady Far Away'' (2005), featuring [[Leila Hatami]], [[Ali Mosaffa]], and Alireza Aghakhani. The screenplay was partly inspired by [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s 1886 novella ''[[The Death of Ivan Ilyich]]'' and [[James Joyce]]'s short story "[[The Dead (Joyce short story)|The Dead]]". The film is considered one of the few independently produced features within Iranian cinema and gathered worldwide success after its world premiere at the 47th [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] in July, 2012.
==Awards== * Best Adapted Screenplay [[Ali Mosaffa]] from the 16th Iranian House of Cinema Film Festival, 2014 * [[FIPRESCI]] Prize for Best Film, [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] 2012 * [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]] Award for Best Actress [[Leila Hatami]], [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] 2012 * [[Crystal Simorgh for Best Adapted Screenplay]], [[Ali Mosaffa]], [[Fajr International Film Festival]] 2012 * Special Jury Prize at the Kerala International Film Festival 2012 * Award for Best Actor Alireza Aghakhani, Batumi International Art House Film Festival (BIAFF) 2012 * Piuculture Award at the Medfilm International Film Festival 2012
==Reviews== * FIPRESCI-Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: [http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2012/karlovyvary/NKural.htm Experiment in Narrative: The Last Step ] * The Hollywood Reporter: [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/last-step-movie-review-leila-hatami-karlovy-festival-346301 The Last Step: Karlovy Vary Film Review ] * IONCINEMA: [http://www.ioncinema.com/reviews/the-last-step-afi-fest-2012-review The Last Step | American Film Institute Festival Review ] * American Film Institute Review: [http://afi-afifest.tumblr.com/post/34768254459 A Patchwork of Farce and Tragedy] * SBCC Film Reviews: [http://sbccfilmreviews.org/?p=22709 The Last Step]
==External links== * {{IMDb title|2161980}} * [https://www.facebook.com/peleyeakhar Official Facebook Page] * [http://web.stagram.com/n/thelaststep Instagram]
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