''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

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Cast

* Gabriele Spinelli as Luca Bertacci * Anna Bellato as Anna Luini *

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as Roberta * Teco Celio as Giuseppe Geri * Stefano Scherini as the American *

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as Luca's father *

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as Walter Rasini * Sara Rosa Losilla as alien * Vincenzo Illiano as Gabriele Del Genovese * Ermanna Montanari as Carmen * Leonardo Taddei as Customer

Production

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produced the film in collaboration with

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and the Toscana Film Commission. The production involved a budget of 2.3 million euro. Filming took place in

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during five weeks.

Release

To market the film, a

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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

. 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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