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The Last One for the Road

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Carlobianchi and Doriano are a pair of middle-aged drunks driving across Veneto, bar hopping and reminiscing about days past. Along the way they meet Giulio — a young architecture student, fascinated by the men and their bottomless well of anecdotes, who decides to tag along. The trio slosh their way through the city, waxing poetic, weaving tall tales, admiring the Venetian architecture, and endlessly searching for that one final drink.

Director Francesco Sossai (Other Cannibals, VIFF 2022) concocts an intoxicating blend of dry comedy and bittersweet drama in this lighthearted fable of camaraderie and debauchery that is equal parts Aki Kaurismäki and Alice Rohrwacher. Cinematographer Massimiliano Kuveiller captures the beauty of a dizzying evening in Veneto and the harsh morning light of a night that doesn’t end. The Last One for the Road is a celebration of the spirit of drink and the kinds of stories told around a table of old friends and too much wine.

Director
Cast

Filippo Scotti, Pierpaolo Capovilla

Credits
Country of Origin

Italy/Germany

Year

2025

Language

In Italian with English subtitles

Film Contact
18+
100 min
Comedy Drama
Vivo Film

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Credits & Director

Producer

Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa

Screenwriter

Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago

Cinematography

Massimiliano Kuveiller

Editor

Paolo Cottignola

Production Design

Paula Meuthen

Original Music

Krano

Francesco Sossai headshot

Francesco Sossai

Francesco Sossai was born in Feltre, in the Italian Dolomites. He studied English and German literature at La Sapienza, Rome, and film direction at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie, Berlin. His films blend emotional realism and formal experimentation, exploring desire, violence, memory, and transformation. Screened and awarded at festivals in Tallinn, Vancouver, Cannes, Vila do Conde, Angers, and Busan, his work has earned nominations for the European Film Awards and the Deutsche Kurzfilmpreis.

Filmography: Other Cannibals (2021)

Photo by Greta DeLazzaris

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