''Last Feelings'' ( it, L'ultimo sapore dell'aria) is a 1978 melodrama film written and directed by

Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato (born 7 May 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and sometime actor. His career has spanned a wide-range of genres including peplum, comedy, drama, poliziottesco and science fiction, yet he is perhaps best known f ...

Plot

Diego Micheli is a troubled teenage runaway who tries to turn his life around by joining a

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

team and competing in national tryouts and champion races. After coming to the attention of Marco, a swimming instructor, and falling in love with Marco's sister Claudia, he is diagnosed with a terminal

brain tumor A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and seco ...

, and is determined to take part in the European Swimming Championships in Holland before it can kill him.

Cast

* Carlo Lupo as Diego Micheli * Vittoria Galeazzi as Claudia *

Fiorenzo Fiorentini Fiorenzo Fiorentini (10 April 1920 – 27 March 2003) was an Italian actor, author, composer, screenwriter and radio personality. Life and career Born in Rome, Fiorentini began his career as an author and radio actor, creating many successful ...

as Anselmo * Jacques Sernas as The Sports Director *

Angela Goodwin Angela Goodwin (born Angela Bucci, 1 August 1925 – 25 March 2016), was an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Goodwin was the daughter of an Italian-American father, and spent her youth in the US where s ...

as Maria Micheli, Diego's Mother *

Luigi Diberti Luigi Diberti (born 29 September 1939) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in ''Magnificat'', which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Me ...

as Marco,

instructor * Emilio Delle Piane as The Sports Doctor *

Gino Pagnani Gino Pagnani (born Luigi Pagnani Fusconi; 31 July 1927 – 10 April 2010) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1968 to 1991. Filmography References External links * 1927 births 2010 deaths ...

as Giovanni * Deddi Savagnone as The School Teacher *

Gianni Solaro Gianni Solaro (born Gianni Lorenzon, 11 August 1926 – 12 August 2006) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Solaro was a character actor in the Italian film industry for about twenty years, between the late 19 ...

as The Hospital Doctor * Roberto Pangaro as himself

References

External links

* Italian drama films 1978 drama films 1978 films Films directed by Ruggero Deodato Swimming films 1970s Italian films Films scored by Ubaldo Continiello {{1970s-drama-film-stub