‘The Next 365 Days’ Ending, Explained: Does Laura Choose Massimo or Nacho?

The Next 365 Days is the third and potentially final installment in Netflix’s steamy 365 Days trilogy. Known as the Polish 50 Shades of Grey, the series follows the tumultuous romance between brooding Italian mob boss Massimo (Michele Morrone) and Polish beauty Laura (Anna-Maria Sieklucka). The Next 365 Days tests their relationship like never before as Laura grapples with her unresolved feelings for Nacho (Simone Susinna), whom she met in 365 Days: This Day.

As in the last two installments, The Next 365 Days is full of jaw-dropping sex scenes, tons of nudity, and lots of lavish lifestyle porn. After nearly dying at the end of 365 Days: This Day (and almost dying at the end of the original 365 Days), Laura has decided she’s been given a second chance at life. She chafes under Massimo’s controlling rules and parties with bestie Olga (Magdalena Lamparska) without Massimo’s permission. Massimo, for his part, still wants to know what happened between Laura and Nacho during their brief split in the last film. Can Massimo and Laura’s marriage survive his paranoia and Laura’s lust for Nacho?

Does Laura choose Massimo or Nacho at the end of The Next 365 Days?

Warning: Major The Next 365 Days spoilers ahead.

What happens in The Next 365 Days 2022? The Next 365 Days plot summary:

The Next 365 Days takes place after the explosive finale of 365 Days: This Day. We learn that Massimo’s evil twin Adriano perished in the church shootout, but Laura survived. Laura is horny for Massimo and tired of being babied in her sick bed. After getting her hair done, Laura interrupts one of Massimo’s “business meetings” to seduce him on a counter next door. Laura then sneaks out to dinner with Olga and confesses that she might have feelings for Nacho.

At a nightclub, Massimo confronts Laura about going out without him. The two go into a private room with a stripper. It briefly looks like they are going to have a threeway, but Laura eventually tells the dancer to leave and has sex with Massimo. Later, at home, a drunk Massimo asks her what happened on the island and they fight about the baby Laura lost. Laura then has a flashback to the island and it’s unclear if she hooked up with Nacho or not. Laura finally falls asleep and dreams of having sex with Nacho, but when she wakes up, it’s Massimo in her bed. She clams up and says it’s a hangover, but Massimo is convinced she’s hiding something.

Massimo attempts to lose himself in cocaine and sex workers, but it only reminds him of Laura. Laura devotes herself to work, because, you know, she has a fashion line that Massimo bought her for Christmas in the last film. At one point she walks in on her designer having sex with a mode and is cool with it. (This part of the film is basically an orgy.)

Laura and Olga go to a fashion fair in Lagos, Portugal where they do more partying and brand ambassador-ing. As it happens, Nacho is also there to compete in a surfing competition which means Laura continues to have intense sex dreams about him. Laura attends a fashion show in a nightclub where she runs into Nacho’s sister (and Nacho).

Laura kisses Nacho. He then confesses his love for her and drives her to a random house that may or may not be his. They have a dramatic conversation on the beach that quickly leads to sex…on the beach. Nacho reveals that he saved Massimo’s life because Laura loves him. Nacho goes on to say he doesn’t want to force or coerce Laura to be with him. Instead, he will let her go back to Massimo and wait for her.

When Laura returns to her hotel, a furious Massimo is waiting for her. Laura brings up that she’s close to asking for a divorce, which obviously enrages Massimo. Laura asks Massimo for space to figure out what she wants. He complies.

Laura returns home to her parents and confesses to them that she’s in love with Nacho. When she adds that she doesn’t know who she’d choose, her mother says women have to put their own happiness first in relationships. Laura dreams of a threeway with both Massimo and Nacho in which, yes, the men make out.

Olga calls Laura to tell her he overheard Massimo telling his friend that he knows Laura slept with Nacho. Olga is worried Massimo will murder Laura, but she says she’s not afraid of her husband and that she’s going to return to Sicily.

So what happens? Whom does Laura choose? Does Massimo kill Laura?

What is The Next 365 Days ending, explained?

When Laura arrives in Sicily, Nacho has disguised himself as her driver, to his great peril. Nacho confesses that he didn’t love Laura at first sight, but came to fall in love with her anger, stubbornness, and all her other quirks. He says that she taught him how to be best friends with your lover. Nacho wants to give Laura everything. To this, Laura says she needs to speak to Massimo, adding she can’t stay in that situation anymore, but she needs more time. Nacho says he will wait.

When they arrive at Massimo’s villa, Olga is frantic and terrified to see Nacho is the driver. (Olga still thinks Massimo will kill them all because he’s a crime lord.) Laura goes alone to confront Massimo on the beach. Massimo starts by saying he didn’t want to be bad and he was ashamed that Laura didn’t feel she could come to him about news of their baby, leaving her to deal with the grief alone.

Laura asks Massimo why he didn’t do anything if he already knew about her and Nacho. Massimo quotes the phrase, “If you really love something, just let it go. If it comes back, it’s yours forever. If it doesn’t, it was never meant to be.”

Massimo asks, “Are you back, baby girl?” Michele Morrone’s own son “Angels” plays as the camera cuts back and forth to Massimo and Laura.

And that’s the end of the movie! We never know who Laura chooses!

It seems that the ending of The Next 365 Days is sort of a choose your own adventure situation. If you want to believe in the enduring bond of Massimo and Laura, you could take her polite comment that Massimo will be a good father one day as proof that she stays. On the other hand, if you think this film is a haunting study of a woman learning how to leave her abusive partner, Laura’s comment to Nacho that she has to get out of this situation suggests she leaves Massimo. It’s really open to interpretation!