L'ultimo bacio (2001)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Gabriele Muccino

Writers:

Gabriele Muccino (screenplay)
Gabriele Muccino (story)

Release Date:

2 February 2001 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she's pregnant...

Plot Keywords:

Responsibility | Marriage | Wedding | First Love | Love

Awards:

13 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Stefano Accorsi	...	Carlo
Giovanna Mezzogiorno	...	Giulia
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Anna
Marco Cocci	...	Alberto
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Marco
Sabrina Impacciatore	...	Livia
Regina Orioli	...	Arianna
Giorgio Pasotti	...	Adriano
Daniela Piazza	...	Veronica
Claudio Santamaria	...	Paolo
Martina Stella	...	Francesca
Luigi Diberti	...	Emilio
Piero Natoli	...	Michele
Vittorio Amandola	...	Zio Mimmo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alberto Alemanno	...	Ragazzo Arianna
Carmelo Barbera	...	Padre Paolo
Lina Bernardi	...	Adele
Giulia Carmignani	...	Mariposa
Sergio Castellitto	...	Prof. Eugenio Bonetti
Bianca Cherici	...	Madre Francesca
Gianluca Chiaretti	...	Ginecologo
Emanuele Cincis	...	Matteo
Carmen Consoli
Marcello Daciano	...	Marco
Nino D'Agata	...	Concessionario d'auto
María Dolores Genolini
Susanna Javicoli	...	Luisa
Silvio Muccino	...	Ragazzo di Mariposa
Ines Nobili	...	Gemma
Adelaide Pizzi	...	Sveve a 8 anni
Elisabetta Rocchetti	...	Valeria
Bruna Rossi	...	Paziente Emilio
Vanessa Sampaolesi	...	Laura
Laura Stella Saporetti	...	Madre Mariposa
Giorgio Sgobbi	...	Direttore creativo
Giulia Steigerwalt	...	Ragazza Istituto francese
Federica Trucchia	...	Ragazza Alberto
Federico Zanchini	...	Ragazzo che corre

Directed by
Gabriele Muccino

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gabriele Muccino		screenplay
Gabriele Muccino		story

Produced by
Domenico Procacci	....	producer

Original Music by
Paolo Buonvino

Cinematography by
Marcello Montarsi

Film Editing by
Claudio Di Mauro

Casting by
Francesco Vedovati

Production Design by
Eugenia F. Di Napoli

Costume Design by
Nicoletta Ercole

Makeup Department
Augusta De Angelis	....	hair stylist
Silvana Locatelli	....	hair stylist
Maurizio Lupi	....	hair stylist
Paola Rubaltelli	....	makeup artist
Ermanno Spera	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sandra Bonacchi	....	production manager
Gianluca Chiaretti	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laura Muccino	....	second assistant director
Francesco Vedovati	....	assistant director

Art Department
Aldo Di Meo	....	property master
Ivana Gargiulo	....	assistant art director
Roberto Giacomelli	....	property master

Sound Department
Paolo Amici	....	sound effects editor
Gianluca Carbonelli	....	sound editor
Gaetano Carito	....	sound
Claudio Chiossi	....	sound mixer
Claudio Chiossi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pierpaolo Merafino	....	boom operator
David Quadroli	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Paolo Ricci	....	special effects

Stunts
Gianluca Petrazzi	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Marco Contaldo	....	gaffer
Massimo Dechellis	....	electrician (as Massimo De Chellis)
Sebastiano De Pascalis	....	Steadicam operator
Angelo Donatone	....	grip
Paolo Frasson	....	key grip
Cristino Galzerano	....	grip
Massimiliano Lanciotti	....	grip
Maurizio Lorenzetti	....	assistant camera
Davide Mattone	....	camera operator
Stefano Montesi	....	still photographer
Michele Mucchetto	....	electrician
Marcello Tallone	....	electrician
Angelo Turetta	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Angela Anzimani	....	wardrobe
Maria De Los Angeles Parrnello	....	assistant costumer

Editorial Department
Riccardo Amorini	....	assistant post-production coordinator
Paula Conte	....	post-production coordinator
Carlo La Bella	....	color supervisor (as Carlo Labella)
Marta Panella	....	assistant editor
Petra Maria Stranz	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Angelo Giovagnoli	....	orchestra coordinator
Fabio Venturi	....	music scoring engineer

Other crew
Maria Vittoria Abbrugiati	....	script supervisor
Daniela Appolloni	....	production coordinator
Mario Ghinassi	....	production assistant
Massimiliano Pisechi	....	production secretary
Daniela Staffa	....	unit publicist

Thanks
Melodie Caudal	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Fandango
• Medusa Produzione

Distributors

• Senso Films Oy (2003) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (Spain)
• Buena Vista International (Argentina)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (France)
• Medusa Distribuzione (Italy)
• NonStop Entertainment (Scandinavia)
• THINKFilm (2002) (USA) (subtitled)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Fono Roma  sound mixing
• Penta Studio  titles and opticals
• R.E.C.  lighting equipment
• Studio 16  sound effects

Also Known As:

One Last Kiss (USA)
The Last Kiss (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexuality and some drug use.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:(Banned) | Singapore:M18 | Italy:T | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Brazil:16 | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Fandango

Trivia:

The book Francesca tries to give to Carlo before he dumps her, is Herman Hesse's "Siddhartha".

Movie Connections:

References O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Soundtrack:

A Great Big World

This doesn't look like a Hollywood production about this subject

"L'Ultimo Bacio" is probably a movie most men will recognize themselves in all too well, because it was based on what most of us actually feel when they are finally expected to grow up when they are around thirty. They are expected to settle, to get married and to start a family. All very important decisions and we never feel very comfortable making them. Do we want to give up life as an irresponsible "bachelor", will we try to spend the rest of our lives with only one woman, are we ready to raise kids...

If you expect any answers from this movie, than I'll have to disappoint you, because you won't really find any good ones. It shows how four male friends desperately try to be free. One of them meets an 18-year old schoolgirl at a wedding party, falls in love with her and betrays his pregnant fiancée, jeopardizing his entire future and family. One of the others only fights with his wife, the third one wants to escape form his dying father and the last one wants to keep living as a hippie. They all have their reasons to leave their actual lives and they start making plans to make a trip around the world, but will they leave or finally accept the real life...

In a way this is a very typical Italian movie. Personally I love that, but I guess there are several people who don't. The style, the music, the acting, it all can be found in similar Italian movies and less in other European productions. So if you absolutely hate Italian movies, than you better don't even start watching it. In my opinion this isn't a movie for very young people either. I'm not saying they shouldn't watch it, but I think an 18-year old probably can't understand all too well why it's so difficult to make that important step once you're thirty, just because he or she doesn't have to think about it yet. Being almost 27 myself, I know all too well, what it means.

All in all this is a very nice movie that I would recommend to most people. Despite what you might think this isn't a very corny movie and has absolutely nothing to do with how most Hollywood comedies with such a message would look like. It's wonderful, it's realistic, it's everything I need in a movie and that's why I give it an 8/10.