# I Can Quit Whenever I Want

I Can Quit Whenever I Want (Italian: Smetto quando voglio) is a 2014 Italian crime comedy film directed by Sydney Sibilia. It was followed by two sequels, subtitled Masterclass and Ad Honorem, both released in 2017.

## Plot

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.

## Cast

* Edoardo Leo as Pietro Zinni
* Valeria Solarino as Giulia
* Valerio Aprea as Mattia Argeri
* Paolo Calabresi as Arturo Frantini
* Libero De Rienzo as Bartolomeo Bonelli
* Stefano Fresi as Alberto Petrelli
* Lorenzo Lavia as Giorgio Sironi
* Pietro Sermonti as Andrea De Sanctis
* Sergio Solli as Professor Seta
* Neri Marcorè as Murena
* Francesco Acquaroli as Commissioner Galatro
* Majlinda Agaj as Angelica
* Guglielmo Poggi as Maurizio
* Caterina Shulha as Paprika
* Nadir Caselli as Ilaria
* Luca Vecchi as the junkie in rehab
* Matteo Corradini as the junkie in disco
* Davide Gagliardi as Danilo Autero
* Enzo Provenzano as the car wrecker

## Accolades

| Year | Award/Festival | Category | Recipients | Result |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Producer | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere and Rai Cinema | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Film | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere, Sydney Sibilia and Rai Cinema | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best New Director | Sydney Sibilia | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Screenplay | Valerio Attanasio, Sydney Sibilia | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Actor | Edoardo Leo | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Supporting Actor | Valerio Aprea | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Supporting Actor | Stefano Fresi | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Supporting Actor | Libero di Rienzo | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Song | Smetto quando voglio | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Editing | Gianni Vezzosi | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Sound | Angelo Bonanni | Nominated |
| 2014 | 59th David di Donatello | Best Visual Effects | Rodolfo Migliari, Chromatica | Nominated |
| 2014 | Ciak d'oro | Best Poster | I Can Quit Whenever I Want | Won |
| 2014 | Ciak d'oro | Revelation Of the Year | Sydney Sibilia | Won |
| 2014 | Ciak d'oro | Best Supporting Actor | Paolo Calabresi | Nominated |
| 2014 | Ciak d'oro | Best Screenplay | Valerio Attanasio, Sydney Sibilia | Nominated |
| 2014 | Ciak d'oro | Best Editing | Gianni Vezzosi | Nominated |
| 2014 | Ciak d'oro | Best Score | Andrea Farri | Nominated |
| 2014 | Ciak d'oro | Best Producer | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere | Nominated |
| 2014 | 69th Nastri d'Argento | Best Producer | Domenico Procacci, Matteo Rovere and Rai Cinema | Won |
| 2014 | 69th Nastri d'Argento | Best Actor | Edoardo Leo | Nominated |
| 2014 | 69th Nastri d'Argento | Best New Director | Sydney Sibilia | Nominated |
| 2014 | 69th Nastri d'Argento | Best Comedy | Sydney Sibilia | Nominated |
| 2014 | 69th Nastri d'Argento | Best Casting Director | Francesca Borromeo, Gabriella Giannattasio | Nominated |
| 2014 | 54th Italian Golden Globes | Best Comedy | Sydney Sibilia | Won |
| 2014 | 54th Italian Golden Globes | Best Film | Sydney Sibilia | Nominated |
| 2014 | Reykjavik International Film Festival | Best Film | Sydney Sibilia | Won |