I nomi di Carlo e Giulia ricorrono anche in un altro film di Muccino, Ricordati di me del 2003, medesimi nomi adottati da Marco Risi nel 1985, per i protagonisti del suo film Colpo di fulmine. Gabriele Muccino's credit that the status quo is not restored without a convincing display of raw emotion and fiery Mediterranean temperament - Mezzogiorno proving that hell hath no fury like an expectant mother scorned. Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli, Martina Stella, Giorgio Pasotti, Claudio Santamaria Con questo film si rivelò definitivamente una nuova generazione di attori, tutti più o meno coetanei, tra i quali Pierfrancesco Favino, fino ad allora sconosciuto [1] Accoglienza [ modifica | modifica wikitesto ] IT 02/02/2001, DE 24/01/2002, AT 25/01/2002, FR 06/11/2002, BE 13/11/2002, FI 31/01/2002, SE 02/05/2003, NO 20/06/2003, PT 06/12/2002, DK 11/10/2002, NL 21/08/2003

The film is about the power of love, loyalty, and friendship, as well as the complexities of modern-day relationships. L'ultimo bacio explores the difficult choices people make when they have to choose between settling down and living their wildest dreams. The movie highlights how the pressures and expectations of society can force people to make difficult and life-altering decisions. Giulia ( Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and Carlo ( Stefano Accorsi) have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at his imminent entry into the adult world of irreversible responsibilities, Carlo finds himself tempted by a bewitching 18-year-old girl, Francesca ( Martina Stella), whom he meets by chance at a wedding. The possibility of one last youthful crazy fling before the impending prison of parenthood proves to be too attractive to resist. Muccino's prowling, restless camera and insistence on underscoring every scene with lush mood music are annoying embellishments, and he could have tied up the various plot strands with less indulgence. Still, this is an intelligent and dark-edged romantic comedy that offers a bracing antidote to Love Actually's treacly sentiment.It must be a generational thing. The Last Kiss, a tale of thirtysomething males dithering between responsibility and the open road, is a likeable but fragile film, with little emotional depth. Very much of its time and place, the film is a superficial paean to Muccino's superficial contemporaries: the clean-shaven, financially buoyant, recreational-drug-using, mobile-phone-dependent generation of 30-year-olds which inhabit the smarter suburbs of metropolitan Italy at the beginning of the new millennium. There is a light comic touch about some of the dialogue, but Muccino labours rather too much to create plot mirrors and character contrasts. His story mechanics are in such need of oiling: we can practically hear the cogs squeaking.

In the middle of all the drama and confusion, Carlo meets Francesca, an impulsive and fiery young woman. Francesca captures Carlo's heart and imagination, and they begin a secret affair.

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Meanwhile, Giulia's mother Anna (Stefania Sandrelli, putting in a decent performance for once) is going through her own late-life crisis. Mezzogiorno, the real star of the film, leaves Accorsi following flatly in her wake - the main problem with his character being that the audience really does perceive him as a weak-willed, two-timing bastard, with few redeeming qualities. Carlo meets up with a former classmate named Marco, and their conversation triggers deeply buried feelings and memories about youth, passion, and adventure. Marco reveals that he is still living the same carefree life that they used to live, characterized by wild parties, drugs, and one-night stands. A sequel to the film (Italian: Baciami ancora; English: Kiss me again) was released in Italy in February 2010.

The last Kiss is a film about the stories of eight main characters, whose lives connect in rhythmic and parallel passions. They are all different ages: Francesca is eighteen and during the film she falls in love with Carlo, who is now thirty – like his friends Adriano, Alberto and Marco. Marco, in turn, is with 27-year old Giulia, the romantic and idealistic mother of his unborn son. Giulia’s mother Anna, now in her fifties, with twenty-nine years of marriage behind her and a great fear of aging, is coming to accept the end of her youth. international title: L'ultimo bacio, a romantic comedy drama film released in 2001, directed by Gabriele Muccino, has been one of the most popular and appreciated films of Italian cinema. The film stars Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, and Stefania Sandrelli in lead roles. The story of L'ultimo bacio revolves around Carlo, a thirty-year-old man who is going through a midlife crisis. He has a steady job and girlfriend Giulia who loves him too, but despite his seemingly comfortable life, he feels like he is missing out on something. He is not happy with the prospect of soon becoming a father, and can't shake the feeling that his youth is slipping away.Carlo becomes more and more frustrated with his mundane existence and begins to question his relationship with Giulia, who is pregnant by now. The longer he thinks about it, the more restless he becomes, and he eventually shares his feelings with his close-knit circle of friends. But a short-term fling with Francesca comes with serious consequences that threaten to damage his three-year relationship with Giulia, who is expecting a baby girl. At the same time, it also dashes the idealistic hopes of Francesca, who dreams of a beautiful future with him. After a raucous quarrel in the night, Carlo goes to Francesca's house, where they have sex. However, the morning after, reality sinks on Carlo and the enormity of what he had done surfaces. But it is not easy for Giulia to forgive, or to trust him again. Il film avrebbe dovuto intitolarsi Non sono pensieri carini, ma il compositore della colonna sonora Paolo Buonvino fece ascoltare a Muccino un brano che stava arrangiando per Carmen Consoli, sua concittadina. Muccino volle subito adottarlo come tema del film e utilizzarne il titolo ( L'ultimo bacio, appunto) come titolo del film. Nel film del 1990 Pierino torna a scuola, il protagonista e un suo compagno di classe assistono in una piazza di Roma alle riprese di un film chiamato proprio L'ultimo bacio. Originariamente i protagonisti dovevano essere Kim Rossi Stuart e Claudia Pandolfi, ma sia l'uno che l'altra rifiutarono e il regista scelse Accorsi e la Mezzogiorno fra i quali in quel periodo era in corso una relazione anche nella vita reale.