Last Night of Amore
Official release poster
Directed byAndrea Di Stefano
Screenplay by
  • Andrea Di Stefano
Produced by
  • Marco Cohen
  • Benedetto Habib
  • Fabrizio Donvito
  • Daniel Campos Pavoncelli
  • Francesco Melzi d’Eril
  • Gabriele Moratti
  • Marco Colombo
Starring
CinematographyGuido Michelotti
Edited byGiogiò Franchini
Music by
  • Santi Pulvirenti
Production
companies
Distributed byVision Distribution
Release dates
  • 24 February 2023 (2023-02-24) (Berlinale)
  • 9 March 2023 (2023-03-09) (Italy)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box officeest. US$4.6 million[1]

Last Night of Amore (Italian: L’ultima notte di Amore) is a 2023 Italian crime thriller film written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano.[2] The film starring Pierfrancesco Favino, Linda Caridi, Antonio Gerardi, Francesco Di Leva, and Camilla Semino Favro, depicts the story of Franco Amore, who is writing his farewell speech on the night of his retirement. Nobody knew, though, that night would turn out to be the longest and most difficult of his entire professional life.[3]

It was selected for the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in the Berlinale Special Gala, where it had its world premiere on 24 February 2023.[4] It was released in cinemas on 9 March 2023.[5] The film was shortlisted for submission to 96th Academy Awards as Italian entry for Best International Feature Film in September 2023.[6]

Cast

  • Pierfrancesco Favino as Franco Amore
  • Linda Caridi as Viviana
  • Antonio Gerardi as Cosimo Forcella
  • Francesco Di Leva as Dino
  • Camilla Semino Favro as Carabiniere Daria Criscito
  • Martin Montero Baez as Ernesto
  • Wang Fei as Feifei
  • Pang Bo as Mission
  • Shi Yang Shi as Chun-Ba
  • Xu Ruichi as Gang Ma
  • Mauro Milone
  • Carlo Gallo
  • Mauro Negri
  • Fabrizio Rocchi
  • Katia Mironova
  • Chandra Perkins

Soundtrack

  1. "Fate Tiptoes to a Party" by Santi Pulvirenti
  2. "Last Night" by Santi Pulvirenti
  3. "Fathers" by Santi Pulvirenti
  4. "The Mechanics of Amore" by Santi Pulvirenti
  5. "The Ambition of Being Honest" by Santi Pulvirenti
  6. "Spectrum" by Santi Pulvirenti
  7. "Alba" by Santi Pulvirenti
  8. "The Brain of a Dying Man" by Santi Pulvirenti
  9. "Melò Dia" by Santi Pulvirenti
  10. "The Sky Is Looking Down at You" by Santi Pulvirenti
  11. "The Carp" by Santi Pulvirenti
  12. "Don't Do It" by Santi Pulvirenti
  13. "Milano da bere" by Santi Pulvirenti

Release

Last Night of Amore had its world premiere on 24 February 2023 as part of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, in the Berlinale Special Gala.[7] It was released in cinemas on 9 March 2023.[5] It was invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in 'World Cinema' section and was screened on 7 October 2023.[8]

Reception

Box office

The film opened with US$1,027,372, and as of 27 May 2023 it is the eleventh highest-grossing film released in the year 2023 with gross of US$3,503,276 at the Italian box office.[9]

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10.[10]

Vittoria Scarpa reviewing for Cineuropa praised the performance of Pierfrancesco Favino and Linda Caridi writing, "Favino's acting talents are well known, and to note here in particular is the performance of Linda Caridi, who gracefully brings to life a very complex and multifaceted female character." Writing about the director and scriptwriter Andrea Di Stefano, Scarpa stated, "[Di Stefano] directs this thriller/drama with a steady pulse, succeeding in conveying the right amount of suspense and subterranean tension, and with a good narrative rhythm, effectively using the device of re-enacting the same scenes from different points of view."[11] Lee Marshall for ScreenDaily writing a positive review said, "It’s been a while since we’ve seen such a stylish Italian crime thriller."[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Last Night of Amore". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Marshall, Lee. "'The Last Night Of Amore': Berlin Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "L'ultima notte di Amore" [Last Night of Amore]. Cinecittà SpA (in Italian). 12 December 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (13 January 2022). "Berlin Film Festival Adds Eight Titles to Berlinale Special Lineup, Including 'Golda,' 'Last Night of Amore,' 'Kill Boksoon'". Variety. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 "L'ultima notte di Amore" [Last Night of Amore]. Vision Distribution (in Italian). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Oscars®: 12 film in corsa per rappresentare l'Italia alla 96^ edizione degli Academy Awards®" [Oscars®: 12 films in the running to represent Italy at the 96th edition of the Academy Awards®]. ANICA (in Italian). 15 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Abbatescianni, Davide (16 January 2023). "The Berlinale adds eight new titles to its Berlinale Special strand, announces full Berlinale Shorts line-up". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "The 28th Busan International Film Festival: Selection List". Busan International Film Festival. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Italian Box Office For 2023 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Last Night of Amore (Mystery & thriller 2023)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Scarpa, Vittoria (24 February 2023). "Review: The Last Night of Amore". Cineuropa. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  12. ↑ Marshall, Lee (25 February 2023). "'The Last Night Of Amore': Berlin Review". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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