''The Last Act of Martin Weston'' is a Canadian-Czech drama film, directed by

Michael Jacot Michael Jacot (July 8, 1924 – October 5, 2006) was a British-born Canadian filmmaker and writer.Gerald Pratley Gerald Arthur Pratley (September 3, 1923 – March 14, 2011) was a Canadian film critic and historian.Piers Handling"Gerald Arthur Pratley" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', September 18, 2011. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp ...

, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 122. The film stars Jon Granik as Martin Weston, an American businessman working in

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who is dissatisfied with his life and planning his suicide. The cast also includes Nuala Fitzgerald,

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and

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. The film had originally been planned to be set and shot in Canada; however, after Jacot failed to secure funding from the

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, he instead reached a deal with the Czech production firm

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to shoot the film in Prague. The film premiered in competition at the

22nd Canadian Film Awards The 22nd Canadian Film Awards were held on October 3, 1970 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 89-91. The ceremo ...

. It was also later screened at the

1971 Cannes Film Festival The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 27 May 1971. The Palme d'Or went to ''The Go-Between'' by Joseph Losey. The festival opened with ''Gimme Shelter'', a documentary about English rock band The Rolling Stones directed by David Mays ...

as part of Cinema Canada, a non-competitive lineup of Canadian films.

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, ''Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film''.

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, 1987. . p. 200.

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