There are stories that change the course of an entire life overnight. That of the thriller with Pierfrancesco Favino, just presented at Berlin Film Festivalis one of them.
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The Last Night of Love (in theaters from 9 March) retraces the final moments of an impeccable career in the police force: the protagonist, in fact, Franco Amore (Favino) can well boast of never having fired a bullet in 35 years of honorable service.
During the final shift, everything suggests a worthy conclusion to his professional career, so much so that his wife Viviana (Linda Caridi) has even prepared an (almost) surprise party for him. At his side is his colleague-friend Dino (Francesco Di Leva), one of those poor devils who gets by while trying to raise his son with everything necessary.
And here, then, comes the temptation ten days before retirement: a job offer in private security well paid and, according to the premise, perfectly legal.
In fiction, just like in reality, nothing goes according to plan and a heart-pounding manhunt begins. The film changes breath and begins to wrap itself around a spiral of conspiracies, mysteries and betrayals. Every certainty collapses and friends turn into enemies: at stake, in that handful of minutes there is a stake too high even to quantify.
And he, Franco, clings to the moral compass that has always guided him: “All my life I had the ambition to be an honest person”.
How far, then, is he willing to go to protect those he loves? And does state duty really have an expiration date?
Halfway through the movie the pace gets so frenetic to prevent clear thinking and so Andrea Di Stefano (director, author of the subject and screenwriter) engages the public in a race against time against the background of a city, Milan, which brazenly shows its darker side.
Pierfrancesco Favino – not to echo flattery mentioned in the Sky series Call my agent – Italy – can he really do everything? So far he has proved yes and not even this time disappoints expectations, in the role of a man in one piece, with an immaculate badge and the perfect family. The risk of resulting in a saint-parody of the spotless policeman was very high, yet she dodged it with her usual skill.
The spectator is rooting for his Franco, understands his motivations not because he is faced with a knight in shining armor or a hero with superpowers, but because his parable could ultimately become that of any of us. A misjudgment, a misstep, an unexpected encounter: in short, a tiny detail can derail everything. But this thriller remains firmly anchored on the rails.
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