Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't () is a 2025 comedy film written and directed by Gianni Di Gregorio. A co-production between Italy and France, the film had its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar.
Plot
Cast Gianni Di Gregorio as the professor Greta Scarano as Sofia Tom Wlaschiha as Helmut Anna Losano as Olga Pietro Serpi as Tommaso Iaia Forte as Giovanna Alessandro Bedetti as Antonio
Production
The film was co-produced by Italian companies Bibi Film and Rai Cinema and French company Les Films du Poisson. It was shot in late 2024, between Rome and Castel di Sangro.
Release The film had its world premiere at the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, serving as closing film of the Giornate degli Autori sidebar. It was released on Italian cinemas the same day by Fandango.
Reception DMovies’ film critic H.M. Ryan praise the "sense of warmth [that] radiates from this precious little film", in which " though the sequences are simple, they are gorgeous", and noted "if this film doesn’t make you long for a cozy fall spent in Italy, nothing will". Davide Abbatescianni from Cineuropa wrote the film's "approach feels tired compared to his previous works", but " despite its flaws, the film ultimately delivers: it manages to entertain through a simplistic approach, relying on minimal, coherently employed elements". Maddie Armstrong from View of the Arts described the film as "a hug for all viewers: neither possessing any kind of cheap shock-value rampant in cinema nor lacking plot by any means." La Repubblica's film critic Alberto Crespi called the film "light and ironic", "affectionate and melancholic".
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