Scripted

Paramount+ has officially announced that the highly anticipated final season of Vita da Carlo will premiere on November 28, exclusively on the platform. To mark the occasion, the streamer also unveiled the official key art for the series, which will be presented in world premiere at the upcoming Rome Film Festival.

Produced by Luigi and Aurelio De Laurentiis, the series is created by Carlo Verdone, Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti, and written by Verdone alongside Pasquale Plastino and Luca Mastrogiovanni. The show stars Carlo Verdone himself, who also directs the episodes together with Valerio Vestoso.
The final season brings back an ensemble cast including Sergio Rubini, Monica Guerritore, Antonio Bannò, Caterina De Angelis, Maria Paiato, Claudia Potenza, Filippo Contri, and Maccio Capatonda, with a host of guest stars such as Francesca Fagnani, Renzo Rosso, Giovanni Veronesi, Vera Gemma and Alvaro Vitali.

The story resumes after the media storm caused by Verdone’s character during the Sanremo Festival in the third season. Targeted by cancel culture, Carlo decides to leave Italy and retreat to Nice, determined never to return. The self-imposed exile gives him the chance to reflect and finally devote time to himself. Just as he settles into this new life, he receives an unexpected call: the director general of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia invites him to teach film directing. Carlo accepts, ready to reinvent himself and write one last meaningful chapter in his career.

Back in Rome, his return initially goes unnoticed. Carlo enjoys the anonymity of walking through the city without being stopped for photos and autographs. His focus is entirely on guiding six aspiring filmmakers from the Centro Sperimentale, shaping the future of Italian cinema. But the challenge proves far from simple. A generational gap quickly surfaces: the twenty-something students, raised in an era defined by political correctness, seem to speak a different language than their teacher.

Determined, Carlo realizes that his true mission is not public redemption but helping the new generation of filmmakers from behind the scenes. He aims to win the respect of his students and guide them in creating their debut feature—a collective, experimental film centered on the theme of loneliness. Yet the road is filled with obstacles, from difficult colleagues to compromises with producers.

Adding to Carlo’s struggles are his ever-complicated family dynamics: Chicco and Maddalena caught up in parenting duties while planning a wedding; Annamaria and Sandra dealing with heartbreak; Giovanni and Eva returning from New Zealand with a big surprise. As always, whether for personal or professional problems, everyone turns to one person—Carlo.

The final season also features an extensive supporting cast, including Roberto Citran, Aida Flix, Alex Badiglio, Tommaso D’Agata, Giada Benedetti, Adele Cammarata, Irene Girotti, Mariacarla Casillo, Phaim Bhuiyan, Matteo Francomano, Pietro Paschini, Stefano Ambrogi, Pietro Ragusa, Riccardo Diana, Giacomo Stallone, Anastasiia Kuzmina, Stefano Fabrizi, Chiara Bassermann, Corinne Jiga, Valentino Campitelli, Daniele Locci, Gloria Coco, Loredana Piedimonte, and Roberto Cardone, among many others.