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.
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Cast
Gabriele Spinelli as Luca Bertacci
Anna Bellato as Anna Luini
Luca Marinelli as Roberta
Teco Celio as Giuseppe Geri
Stefano Scherini as the American
Roberto Herlitzka as Luca's father
Paolo Mazzarelli as Walter Rasini
Sara Rosa Losilla as alien
Vincenzo Illiano as Gabriele Del Genovese
Ermanna Montanari as Carmen
Leonardo Taddei as Customer
Production
Fandango produced the film in collaboration with Rai Cinema and the Toscana Film Commission. The production involved a budget of 2.3 million euros. Filming took place in Tuscany for five weeks.
Release
To market the film, a viral video 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 it was released on 9 September. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Italy on 17 January 2012.