Amare is a complicated verb. Leaving is even more. Leaving one day in Rome, the romantic comedy of Edoardo Leo tries to tell the consequences of the use of those verbs in the life of fifty years demonstrating that romantic comedy is not a usable locution only by Americans and is not always synonymous with Hallmark Channel. The film passed for Sky, Netflix and Clear, returns to La5 Thursday, July 23, 2026.
The title, which refers to a magnificent song by Niccolò Fabi wisely used in the titles of the tail as the closing of the film, contains the soul of the whole film, which speaks of love, of the difficulty of loving, of leaving another person so suddenly, in the magnificent setting of an export Rome. As Edward Leo told in the press conference, Roma immediately after the lockdown was a city rediscovered by the Romans themselves. And in the film he decided to show even less known places and make it the fifth protagonist of the film.
Quanto amore c’è in una rottura
The film starts from the end with the starring couple Tommaso and Zoe played by Edoardo Leo and Marta Nieto (Spanish actress in vitrù della co-production Italia-Spain) on Ponte Milvio under the water to say goodbye. We go back and discover the life of an adult couple, he writer who secretly takes care of a heart mail column while he does not want to adapt the final of his novel to the needs of his publisher. You are responsible for a company that produces video games.
In their group of friends there is also the mayor of Rome, interpreted by Claudia Gerini, who for the needs of the city management, seems to forget those of the husband (Stefano Fresi) and of the husband. Love is not lacking. But sometimes love is so difficult because it means losing a bit of yourself according to the other. When among the letters of the heart mail comes one that is clearly Zoe, Thomas starts chatting with her trying to recover that relationship he didn’t know he lost.
Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma un film maturo e inaspettato
It is not easy to predict the direction of Leaving one day in Rome. Reading the plot there is the fear of facing a sugary comedy and untied, knowing Edward Leo and his works expect a dynamic and fun film. And the fusion between the two worlds works.
Leaving one day in Rome is a comedy on life, on feelings, definitely not deprived of defects, at times slightly long and with some characters a little too limited and thrown into the mix without a real because (like the scenes at the most useful restaurant in a series or in a miniseries giving shape to these comprimari than in the film). The most surprising and convincing part is that of the couple Elena – Umberto (Claudia Gerini and Stefano Fresi). She is engaged in saving Rome, he professor forced too many renunciations in the role of “first gentelman” chapter. Their love is true, sincere, that challenges the difficulties of the moment but does not yield to the banality of the case.
The “emotional re-education of the male” invoked by Edoardo Leo and the rest of the cast during the presentation of the film, is evident in a film that goes against every stereotype of the genre, in which man must learn to be next to a busy and working woman, who has a role of power. We grew up seeing the woman in the kitchen preparing dinner for man, it is useless to deny it, this film is yet another dowel in the construction of a change of cultural approach that seemed difficult to bring in Italy and Europe from the coasts of the USA, but that is fortunately beginning to impose itself.
Leaving one day in Rome is a convincing film, pleasant, fun, that tries to renew the Italian comedy giving it more body and more substance, adding layers in the construction of the characters, giving it a more international and less local language. Of course, I look forward to seeing him as a couple. You don’t say you get out of it. Vote 7.5
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