Before the Last Curtain Falls

Before the Last Curtain Falls
French	Alphée des étoiles
Directed by	Thomas Wallner
Written by	Thomas Wallner Eva Küpper
Produced by	Kerstin Meyer-Beetz
Cinematography	Axel Schneppat
Edited by	Manfred Becker
Production company	Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Real Fiction
Release date	April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28) (Hot Docs)
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	Belgium Canada Germany
Languages	Flemish French English Mandarin

Before the Last Curtain Falls (German: Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt) is a documentary film, directed by Thomas Wallner and released in 2014. The film centres on a group of drag and transgender cabaret entertainers who undertook the international Gardenia tour in the early 2010s as their final project before retiring, who are preparing for the tour's final show in Ghent.

Performers appearing in the film are Gerrit Becker, Richard Dierick, Vanessa Van Durme, Andrea De Laet, Danilo Povolo, Rudy Suwyns, Griet De Backer, Hendrik Lebon, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Yong Li and Ashref Mahmoud.

The film premiered at the 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it received a Special Jury Prize from the Best Canadian Feature Documentary jury.

External links

• Before the Last Curtain Falls at IMDb