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.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 22 nominations total
- Paprika
- (as Caterina Shulha)
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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.
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.
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.
Did you know
- TriviaScreenwriter 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.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Smetto quando voglio: Masterclass (2017)
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- I Can Quit Whenever I Want
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- Budget
- €1,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $5,539,410
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1