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J'arrête quand je veux

Original title: Smetto quando voglio
  • 2014
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
10K
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Paolo Calabresi, Libero De Rienzo, Lorenzo Lavia, Edoardo Leo, Pietro Sermonti, Valerio Aprea, and Stefano Fresi in J'arrête quand je veux (2014)
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A university researcher is fired because of budget cuts. To earn a living, he decides to produce drugs and recruits his former colleagues, who are living at the margins of society despite th... Read allA university researcher is fired because of budget cuts. To earn a living, he decides to produce drugs and recruits his former colleagues, who are living at the margins of society despite their skills.A university researcher is fired because of budget cuts. To earn a living, he decides to produce drugs and recruits his former colleagues, who are living at the margins of society despite their skills.

  • Director
    • Sydney Sibilia
  • Writers
    • Valerio Attanasio
    • Sydney Sibilia
    • Andrea Garello
  • Stars
    • Edoardo Leo
    • Valeria Solarino
    • Valerio Aprea
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sydney Sibilia
    • Writers
      • Valerio Attanasio
      • Sydney Sibilia
      • Andrea Garello
    • Stars
      • Edoardo Leo
      • Valeria Solarino
      • Valerio Aprea
    • 15User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 22 nominations total

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    Edoardo Leo
    • Pietro Zinni
    Valeria Solarino
    Valeria Solarino
    • Giulia
    Valerio Aprea
    • Mattia Argeri
    Paolo Calabresi
    Paolo Calabresi
    • Arturo Frantini
    Libero De Rienzo
    Libero De Rienzo
    • Bartolomeo Bonelli
    Stefano Fresi
    Stefano Fresi
    • Alberto Petrelli
    Lorenzo Lavia
    • Giorgio Sironi
    Pietro Sermonti
    Pietro Sermonti
    • Andrea De Sanctis
    Sergio Solli
    • Professor Seta
    Majlinda Agaj
    • Angelica
    Neri Marcorè
    • Murena
    Guglielmo Poggi
    • Maurizio
    Katsiaryna Shulha
    Katsiaryna Shulha
    • Paprika
    • (as Caterina Shulha)
    Nadir Caselli
    • Ilaria
    Luca Vecchi
    Luca Vecchi
    • Ex Tossico
    Matteo Corradini
    • Ancora Tossico
    Davide Gagliardi
    Davide Gagliardi
    • Danilo
    Alessandro Federico
    Alessandro Federico
    • Il Milanese
    • Director
      • Sydney Sibilia
    • Writers
      • Valerio Attanasio
      • Sydney Sibilia
      • Andrea Garello
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews15

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    9cooolcoach

    Italian Comedy with International Standards!

    It is a italian style comedy, but the quality is much higher than recent italian comedies. It is a smart movie, well conceived in everything, in the cast, in the ideas of the script, in the characters, and it is greatly enhanced from a nice color grading (post production work) and the choice of the songs. It describes perfectly the situations of thousands of graduated and Post doctorates who struggle in life, in a caricatural way, the situation of work in Italy, but these thematic is treated in a funny and light way. It is a movie that let you more laughing than thinking. I suggest to watch also the following movies, of this Trilogy very well conceived and done.
    8tecnodata

    Ironic but sad

    Others have pointed out at all the different, and actually quite legitimate, inspirations from Breaking Bad to La banda degli onesti, etc.

    What I see here is a caustic condemnation for a system which wastes young brains in a corrupt, inefficient loop of despair.

    It is sad but unfortunately true that some are overprotected while others have to struggle endlessly.

    The final scene is quite subdued but could have been exploited in a more dramatic way.

    While I was reluctant to watch it, fearing the usual unpleasant onslaught of so-called New Italian Comedy, I'm glad I finally did. And can recommend it if you like the bittersweet bite of social critique with a few interspersed gags.
    8arcurigab

    Deliberate dependence

    A film that innovates, finally after stale years, the Italian comedy genre, bringing into focus the up-to-date themes of drugs and the alleged uselessness of a college degree in Italy.

    A group of old friends, former university professors, unite to produce a new type of legal drug: each one, with his knowledge, contributes to the success of the plan; carried out, it turns their boring lives around out of the blue.

    Fast-paced and enjoyable, ''Smetto quando voglio'' succeeds, with an exceptional cast, in the arduous task of reconciling the crime and comedy genres, without coming across as the usual trash "cinepanettone". However, there is no shortage of clichés, the music is not the best and in the end the plot is not that innovative, leaving aside the aforementioned premise.

    It remains a great film, which is quickly watched and which entertains and amuses, with a project that should definitely be seen more in Italy.
    10bradamante_14

    Surprisingly funny and thought provoking

    This must be the best Italian comedy of the last few years... Authentic and thought-provoking portrait of the socioeconomic impasse of that wonderful country and its newest generation of "adults". Hysterical gags and great acting. At long last, Italy reconnects with its greatest form of art - laughing at its own miseries and the whimsical ways they require to be overcome. "L'arte di arrangiarsi" (the art of getting by) over a draconian, timeless, ever-obstructing, complacently ignorant State will never cease to gift every generation with the Italian art of David and Goliath storytelling. Brilliant script, great technical quality..a must see!
    6GarUlfr

    G I A L L O / Y E L L O W

    Giallo, Flavum, Yellow, Kiiro, Gul, Amarillo, Amarelo, Jaime, Gelb, Zhovtyy, Kítrinos, Nolang, Haluda, Groc, Galben, Peela, Gel.

    These are all the languages that I know how to say the color yellow.

    It's how I felt watching every single scene of this movie. I don't think 17 words to say Yellow are enough.

    Non avevo mai pensato di vedere il biondo Tevere così biondo.

    Cheers.

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    • Trivia
      Screenwriter Valerio Attanasio said in an interview that the main source of inspiration for the script was Toto faux-monnayeur (1956) by Camillo Mastrocinque starring Totò, a comedy about three decent but clumsy men facing economic difficulties reluctantly who start to fabricate counterfeit bills.
    • Quotes

      Giulia: Maurice listen, i think you should a normal checkup, because with all the times you fall asleep it could be a point of narcolepsy, it's a severe illnes you know?

      Maurizio: [mouthful] I don't think so. Because, tonight i came back at 6am and i was destroyed. Must be that.

      Giulia: I get it but don't your parents say anthing about it, even for the price of the lessons.

      Pietro Zinni: [cuts her off] Giulia, ehm... Maurice lost both of his parents in a plane crash, so i'll let you imagine the severity of the situation. Poor kid is forced to be a waiter in the weekends to pay the lessons.

    • Connections
      Followed by Smetto quando voglio: Masterclass (2017)

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    • Release date
      • August 6, 2014 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • official site
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • Russian
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • I Can Quit Whenever I Want
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Ascent Film
      • Fandango
      • Rai Cinema
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    • Budget
      • €1,800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,539,410
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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