the last stop in yuma county

It was supposed to be just a quick stop on the way to his daughter's birthday, but the new gas delivery for the gas station is late and the salesman has no choice but to wait in the diner next door. The fact that the air conditioning is broken and makes the heat unbearable is another hint for how bad this day is going to be. Shortly afterwards, the next car is stranded in the countryside and two menacing guys arrive. When waitress Charlotte secretly tries to alert her husband, the county's police chief, the phone is already dead...

With a simple premise, director and screenwriter Francis Galluppi manages to knit a thoroughly gripping thriller. More and more strange characters gather in the diner, the situation becomes increasingly complex and curious, while the tension rises. The skilful camerawork, a good pinch of black humour and, last but not least, the furious final act do the rest to make THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY a real surprising hit.