The Last One for the Road

Name: The Last One for the Road
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-05-01
Rating: 89
Cast: Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla, Roberto Citran, Andrea Pennacchi

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May 2026

1h 40m

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89%

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19 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Two middle-aged friends, who swear each drink is their last, cross paths with a shy architecture student and take him under their wing on a free-flowing bender through the Italian countryside in a scruffy intergenerational odyssey.

Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

May 1

3/4

This is an existential story that is a less bleak and more scenic version of Samuel Beckett’s 'Waiting for Godot,' a psychological journey about connection, regret, memory, and meaning.

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Anzhe Zhang

Slant Magazine

Sep 21

2/4

The Last One for the Road gives itself over to an aimlessness that doesn’t so much reflect the characters’ lives as it does the script’s lack of commitment to interiority.

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Tomris Laffly

Variety

Jun 10

Loosely reminiscent of the happy-sad fables of Alice Rohrwacher, Francesco Sossai’s boozy dramedy is enchanting even when it briefly veers into predictable territory.

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Oscar Goff

Cambridge Day

16h

2.5/4

Like its central road trip, "Last One" veers miles away from the point, but if you’re on Sossai’s cockeyed wavelength, it’s worth sticking around for one more round.

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Peter Keough

Arts Fuse

16h

The film works best when these plot details and thematic notions remain blurry, a state of blithering bliss enhanced by the Tom Waits-like soundtrack from Krano.

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

May 29

We do not often get a buddy road trip and a coming of age story rolled in to one so this is a goofy treat.

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virginia S

@Ginny72 May 9

Charming at times, and the appealing young guy saves the movie. I always have a hard time watching dirty drunks, although they weren’t terrible people.

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Francesco Sossai

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Filippo Scotti

Giulio

Sergio Romano

Carlobianchi

Pierpaolo Capovilla

Doriano

Roberto Citran

Cavalier Fadiga

Andrea Pennacchi

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Director: Francesco Sossai
Producer: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Cecilia Trautvetter
Screenwriter: Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Vivo Film, Rai Cinema
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 2026, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.7K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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