Last Kiss, The

aka: L'Ultimo Bacio
Italy 2001, 115 minutes
Dir. Gabriel Muccino
In Italian with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Romance

Feat. Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli

Aroview: Award-winning Italian melodrama investigates the anxieties of a young unmarried couple on the verge of parenthood.

Stefano Accorsi is torn between looming marriage and a passionate affair with an 18-year old girl, lent a tart, comic dimension by the director’s use of swirling music and cinematography. More daring than its Hollywood ilk, though the underlying pessimism never quite grips as it’s intended to.