City Cinema: The Last One for the Road

Comedy/Drama. 14A, coarse language, substance use, brief nudity.
Dir: Francesco Sossai, Italy, 2025, 100 min.
Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Winner of 8 Donatello Awards (Italy’s Oscars), including Best Film, Director, Actor, Screenplay, and Song.

“Set in Veneto, this lively comedy deconstructs the road movie genre as three men travel in circles looking for their next final drink together… Highlighting local culture and landscapes… It’s a charmer of a film that keeps a smile on our faces all the way through. After drinking all day, childhood friends Carlobianchi and Doriano are beginning to feel a bit tired as they begin killing some time before collecting their pal Genio from Venice airport in the morning… They run into a group of partying university students. Bringing young Giulio with them as they continue through the night, they revisit old haunts and have a series of mini-adventures… Amusing details fill each encounter… as they crisscross the countryside, filling in their back-story with witty flashbacks to their youth… Meanwhile, their antics are packed with realistic flourishes that are funny, surprising and even moving… Carlobianchi and Doriano extend their open-hearted, inebriated joy to Giulio… It’s wonderful to watch him slowly awaken to the possibilities of life… Giulio is uncomfortable interacting with these older men, but their open-hearted worldview is contagious. And they also begin to see through his eyes, discovering new details about this corner of the world… Human connections, even across seemingly unsurmountable cultural barriers, are everything.” – Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall