I Can Quit Whenever I Want | |
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Italian | Smetto quando voglio |
Directed by | Sydney Sibilia |
Written by | Valerio Attanasio Andrea Garello Sydney Sibilia |
Produced by | Domenico Procacci Matteo Rovere |
Starring | Edoardo Leo Valeria Solarino Valerio Aprea Paolo Calabresi Libero De Rienzo Stefano Fresi Lorenzo Lavia Pietro Sermonti Sergio Solli Neri Marcorè |
Cinematography | Vladan Radovic |
Edited by | Gianni Vezzosi |
Music by | Andrea Farri |
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Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Box office | $5.5 million [1] |
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (Italian : Smetto quando voglio) is a 2014 Italian crime comedy film directed by Sydney Sibilia. [2] [3] It was followed by two sequels, subtitled Masterclass and Ad Honorem , both released in 2017.
Pietro Zinni, a brilliant neurobiologist, loses his job at the university because of the financial crisis. Without any reasonable chance to find another contract, Pietro assembles a team of ex-researchers like him—a chemist, a cultural anthropologist, an economist, an archaeologist, and two Latin scholars—to produce a little-known smart drug that is not yet illegal under Italian law. The gang achieves immediate and unexpected success but is unprepared for the problematic lifestyle that comes with such sudden wealth.
Year | Award/Festival | Category | Recipients | Result |
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2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Producer | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere and Rai Cinema | Nominated |
Best Film | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere, Sydney Sibilia and Rai Cinema | Nominated | ||
Best New Director | Sydney Sibilia | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Valerio Attanasio, Sydney Sibilia | Nominated | ||
Best Actor | Edoardo Leo | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Valerio Aprea | Nominated | ||
Stefano Fresi | Nominated | |||
Libero di Rienzo | Nominated | |||
Best Song | Smetto quando voglio | Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Gianni Vezzosi | Nominated | ||
Best Sound | Angelo Bonanni | Nominated | ||
Best Visual Effects | Rodolfo Migliari, Chromatica | Nominated | ||
Ciak d'oro | Best Poster | I Can Quit Whenever I Want | Won | |
Revelation Of the Year | Sydney Sibilia | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Paolo Calabresi | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Valerio Attanasio, Sydney Sibilia | Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Gianni Vezzosi | Nominated | ||
Best Score | Andrea Farri | Nominated | ||
Best Producer | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere | Nominated | ||
69th Nastri d'Argento | Best Producer | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere and Rai Cinema | Won | |
Best Actor | Edoardo Leo | Nominated | ||
Best New Director | Sydney Sibilia | Nominated | ||
Best Comedy | Nominated | |||
Best Casting Director | Francesca Borromeo, Gabriella Giannattasio | Nominated | ||
54th Italian Golden Globes | Best Comedy | Sydney Sibilia | Won | |
Best Film | Nominated | |||
Reykjavik International Film Festival | Best Film | Won | ||
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