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‘The Last One for the Road’ Review: A Pleasant Italian Gem on Drinking Buddies, Aging and Wistful Flavors of Life
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.
In Italian filmmaker Francesco Sossai ’s loose-limbed and quietly enchanting sophomore feature “ The Last One for the Road,” lively 50-somethings Carlobianchi (Sergio Romano) and Doriano (Pierpaolo Capovilla) seem to have invented the perfect cure for FOMO by cheating it perpetually. Written by Sossai and Adriano Candiago (and loosely born out of some of their real-life experiences), “The Last One for the Road” grasps its lead characters’ aging-related anxieties acutely and insightfully, amplified during the years that you can be considered neither old nor young, like the ’70s-born Carlobianchi and Doriano. The soulful and aching atmosphere of Rohrwacher’s films is similarly at the backdrop of Carlobianchi and Doriano’s escapades as they bar hop, exchange random stories (maybe real, maybe made-up), share life advice with everyone in their orbit, narrowly escape the police like getaway drivers across modest yet impressive chase scenes and order that final drink that will be anything but.
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