L'ultimo capodanno (1998)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Marco Risi

Writers:

Niccolò Ammaniti (novel)
Niccolò Ammaniti (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 March 1998 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

New year's eve at "The Islands" condos. An aging countess's party is crashed by the soccer team from her gigolo's town...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Female Frontal Nudity | Dominatrix | Violence | Female Nudity

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Max Mazzotta	...	Fishbone
Monica Bellucci	...	Giulia
Beppe Fiorello	...	Gaetano
Marco Giallini	...	Enzo
Claudio Santamaria	...	Cristiano
Alessandro Haber	...	Lawyer Rimaldi
Ludovica Modugno	...	Filomena
Piero Natoli	...	Vittorio
Iva Zanicchi	...	Cristiano's mother
Maria Monti	...	The Contessa
Giorgio Tirabassi	...	Augusto
Ricky Memphis	...	Orecchino
Natale Tulli	...	Osvaldo
Giovanni Ferreri	...	Trecchia (as Gianni Ferreri)
Francesca d'Aloja	...	Lisa

Also Known As:

Humanity's Last New Year's Eve
Kaputt mundi (Italy)
L'ultimo capodanno dell'umanità (Italy)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Cinecittà

L'ereditá Risi

Dino Risi has been acknowledged as the man who most contributed to the creation of the cinematic comedy "all'italiana". His son Marco goes beyond any recognition of the traditional Italian comedy in this tale of an apocalyptic New Year's eve, where the goings get so, so out of hand that maybe your jaw will drop, or maybe not but it's still a wild and crazy party. Max Mazzotta, the actor who plays the leading character (if there is one), also appears in Renato de Maria's "Paz!", and is responsible for most of the jokes. I wasn't even looking to watch these two films, but after I did, I will look forward for future Italian movies on cable television, by different and new directors.