11/04/2025 - The sophomore feature by the director of Other Cannibals, a story of friendship and growth produced by Vivo Film and Maze Pictures, will be on show in the Un Certain Regard programme

Sergio Romano, Filippo Scotti and Pierpaolo Capovilla in The Last One for the Road

Francesco Sossai is making his debut on the Croisette with The Last One for the Road, an Italian-German co-production that is set to be world-premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard.

Francesco Sossai and Adriano Candiago wrote the screenplay for this story of friendship and growth that sees Filippo Scotti (Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Talent at Venice for The Hand of God [+see also:
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“I’m happy and excited that the journey of The Last One for the Road will bring us, and our eccentric protagonists, from Veneto to the Croisette,” states Sossai. “Returning to Cannes, in the official selection for the first time, is an honour that I share with all of the people who have made this film possible.” The 36-year-old director, who hails from the province of Belluno and is a graduate from Berlin’s Deutsche film-und fernsehakademie, was previously in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes with his short film The Birthday Party (2023), which was subsequently nominated for the German Film Prize, and shortlisted for the European Film Awards and the Césars. His feature debut, Other Cannibals [+see also:
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The Last One for the Road is being produced by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film (Italy) together with Rai Cinema, and is co-produced by Philipp Kreuzer and Cecilia Trautvetter for Maze Pictures (Germany), with support from Eurimages and the MIC - Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo. The film was made with contributions from the Veneto region (PR FESR del Veneto 2021-2027), with backing from the Veneto Film Commission Foundation, and with contributions from Filmförderungsanstalt and Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.

The editor of the movie is Paolo Cottignola (David di Donatello Award in 2002 for his work on The Profession of Arms), the DoP is Massimiliano Kuveiller (Nineteen [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)