''The Last Man on Earth'' is a 2011 Italian science fiction drama film directed by
Gian Alfonso Pacinotti. Its original Italian title is ''L'ultimo terrestre'', which means "The last earthling". The story follows a man with relational problems while aliens visit Earth.
The film premiered in competition at the
68th Venice International Film Festival.
Cast
* Gabriele Spinelli as Luca Bertacci
* Anna Bellato as Anna Luini
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Luca Marinelli
Luca Marinelli (born 22 October 1984) is an Italian actor.
He is best known for the roles of Guido in ''Every Blessed Day'' (2012), Andrea in ''The Great Beauty'' (2013), Cesare in ''Don't Be Bad'' (2015), The Gipsy in ''They Call Me Jeeg'' (201 ...
as Roberta
* Teco Celio as Giuseppe Geri
* Stefano Scherini as the American
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Roberto Herlitzka as Luca's father
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Paolo Mazzarelli
Paolo Mazzarelli (born 21 January 1975) is an Italian actor.
Career
Theatre
In July 1999 he graduated as an actor in the school "Paolo Grassi" in Milan. In 1997 he was co-founder of the collective ''Vulesse fa'mmore co' Dioniso!'', with whom ...
as Walter Rasini
* Sara Rosa Losilla as alien
* Vincenzo Illiano as Gabriele Del Genovese
* Ermanna Montanari as Carmen
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Leonardo Taddei as Customer
Production
Fandango produced the film in collaboration with
Rai Cinema
RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terr ...
and the Toscana Film Commission. The production involved a budget of 2.3 million euro. Filming took place in
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
during five weeks.
Release
To market the film, a
viral video
A viral video is a video that becomes popular through a viral process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites such as YouTube as well as social media and email.Lu Jiang, Yajie Miao, Yi Yang, ZhenZhong Lan, Alexander Haupt ...
was released on the Internet where the real RAI newsreader Maria Cuffaro announces that extraterrestrials have arrived on Earth. The film premiered on 8 September 2011 in competition at the
68th Venice International Film Festival.
Italian distribution is handled by Fandango, and the regular release is set to 9 September.
The film has been released on DVD and Blu-ray in Italy on 17 January 2012.
References
External links
Official website
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2010s science fiction drama films
2011 films
Films based on Italian comics
Films set in Pisa
Films shot in Italy
2010s Italian-language films
Italian science fiction drama films
Live-action films based on comics
2011 directorial debut films
2011 drama films
2010s Italian films
Fandango (Italian company) films
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