The Last One for the Road

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The Last One for the Road

May 2026

1h 40m

Drama

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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.

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

Jul 16

Steeped in atmosphere, this film takes us to surprising places at its own sweet pace -- just as you hope a good road movie would.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Jul 14

4/5

Sossai’s story is loose but deceptively complex, peppered with Wes Anderson-style flashbacks and diversions.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Jul 9

3/5

Sossai favours digressions over plot, allowing recollections, landscapes and chance encounters to coalesce into a shaggy hair-of-the-dog story.

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Laura Pérez

Fotogramas

2h

3/5

The erratic narration seems to respond more to an attitude of the characters than to a lack of script...and a long sequence in the breathtaking Tomb of Brion provides a transcendental sense that lasts long after the film is over. [Full review in Spanish]

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

2d

4/5

Strangely and satisfyingly sweet. [Full review in Spanish]

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Steve Morrissey

Radio Times

Jul 20

4/5

The ridiculous adventurism of Don Quixote is in here, as well as the poignant old/young dynamic of Lost in Translation and the existential comedy of Waiting for Godot, all served up by two past-it boozers always entering or exiting the hangover zone.

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Vincent S

@RT47579145 Jun 26

I thought this was going to be a fun, funny comedy about two friends on a road trip and I love road trip movies but I was bored. It’s more of two old men thinking they are funny when they really aren’t.

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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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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.

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
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 16, 2026
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.7K
Runtime: 1h 40m