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The Last One for the Road

2025 · 98 min

A meandering, bittersweet pub crawl through the Venetian countryside that balances absurd comedy with a quiet, aching sense of loss.

Directed by: Francesco Sossai
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla

Overview: A couple of jovial life-long drunkards run into a shy architecture undergrad, whose way of seeing things will be transformed as the trio wanders from pub to pub in search of a buried treasure.

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Directed by: Francesco Sossai
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
addiction
coming-of-age
redemption
class
Places: road trip
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Francesco Sossai
Written by: Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago
Starring: Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla, Roberto Citran, Andrea Pennacchi, Giuseppe Messina, Denis Fasolo, Tommaso Gianesini
Music: Krano
Cinematography: Massimiliano Kuveiller
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Italy, Germany
Languages: Italian, Japanese

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