2025 film by Francesco Sossai
| The Last One for the Road |
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| Italian | Le città di pianura |
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| Directed by | Francesco Sossai |
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| Written by | - Francesco Sossai
- Adriano Candiago
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| Cinematography | Massimiliano Kuveiller |
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| Edited by | Paolo Cottignola [it] |
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| Music by | Krano |
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Release dates | - 21 May 2025 (2025-05-21) (Cannes)
- 25 September 2025 (2025-09-25) (Italy)
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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The Last One for the Road (Italian:Le città di pianura,lit. 'The cities of the plain') is a 2025dramaroad movie co-written and directed by Francesco Sossai. It starsFilippo Scotti,Sergio Romano [it],Pierpaolo Capovilla [it],Roberto Citran, andAndrea Pennacchi. The film had its world premiere at theUn Certain Regard section of the78th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2025. It received a theatrical release in Italy on 25 September 2025.
InVeneto, two middle-aged men befriend a shy architecture student and transform his outlook on life.[1][2]
Principal photography took place in late 2024. The film was shot on location inVeneto, specificallySedico,Feltre,Padua,Chioggia, and theBrion Memorial inAltivole.[3][4]
Lucky Number owns the sales rights to the film.[5] The film had its world premiere in theUn Certain Regard section of the78th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2025.[6][7][8] It was also screened at theToronto International Film Festival, theNew York Film Festival, theFestival du nouveau cinéma, and theVancouver International Film Festival.[9][10][11] The film received a theatrical release in Italy on 25 September 2025.[12]
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- ^Santoni, Simona (10 April 2025)."Festival di Cannes 2025, l'Italia in concorso solo con Mario Martone".Panorama (in Italian). Retrieved13 April 2025.
- ^Pasuch, Egidio (14 April 2025)."Francesco Sossai porta alla mostra del cinema di Cannes il suo «Le città di pianura»: parte delle scene sono state girate a Sedico".Il Gazzettino (in Italian). Retrieved21 May 2025.
- ^Garufi, Sergio (22 November 2024)."Veneto, sei set cinematografici in regione".Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (in Italian). Retrieved13 April 2025.
- ^Lemercier, Fabien (12 May 2025)."The Last One for the Road guides Lucky Number'ws line-up at Cannes".Cineuropa. Retrieved12 May 2025.
- ^Scarpa, Vittoria (11 April 2025)."Francesco Sossai's road movie The Last One for the Road to screen at Cannes".Cineuropa. Retrieved13 April 2025.
- ^Ntim, Zac (10 April 2025)."Cannes Competition: Aster, Trier, Dardennes, Reichardt, Ducournau & Wes Anderson Among Lineup — Full List".Deadline. Retrieved10 April 2025.
- ^Bonsembiante, F. (21 May 2025)."Ora il Veneto traina il nuovo cinema".Corriere del Veneto (in Italian). Retrieved21 May 2025 – viaPressReader.
- ^Katz, David (7 August 2025)."Toronto announces its world cinema-laden Centrepiece slate, along with TIFF Docs and Midnight Madness".Cineuropa. Retrieved20 August 2025.
- ^Goldsmith, Jill (5 August 2025)."New York Film Festival Sets Main Slate With Jafar Panahi & Joachim Trier Cannes Winners, Ulrich Köhler's 'Gavagai' World Premiere".Deadline. Retrieved20 August 2025.
- ^Leffler, Rebecca (4 September 2025)."'The Last One For the Road' parks at multiple global distributors ahead of TIFF slot".Screen Daily. Retrieved3 November 2025.
- ^Vivo Film [@vivo_film] (31 July 2025)."Le città di pianura, dal 25 settembre al cinema! Un film di Francesco Sossai con Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla, con la partecipazione di Roberto Citran e con Andrea Pennacchi" (Tweet) (in Italian). Retrieved20 August 2025 – viaTwitter.
