Let Yourself Go

Elia is a middle-aged Jewish psychoanalyst living in Rome, set in his routines and emotionally closed off from the people around him. He keeps his ex-wife Giovanna close at hand, in the apartment across the landing, and eats sweets in secret. When a minor health scare forces him to change his habits, his doctor prescribes a diet and exercise, and Elia signs up at a gym, where he meets Claudia, a young personal trainer whose exuberant approach to life stands in sharp contrast to his own. Their sessions develop into an unlikely relationship that unsettles the analyst's carefully guarded existence, even as Claudia herself is dealing with a difficult situation of her own.

Francesco Amato directed the film, the first of three features listed in his filmography, from a screenplay he wrote with Francesco Bruni and Davide Lantieri. Toni Servillo plays Elia, with Verónica Echegui as Claudia, Carla Signoris as Giovanna, Luca Marinelli as Ettore, Pietro Sermonti as Alessandro, and Carlo Luca De Ruggieri as a shy man. Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz and Giovanni Stabilini produced it for Cattleya with RAI.

The Italian comedy runs 107 minutes and was released in April 2017. Audiences have responded with moderate approval: on IMDb it holds a rating of 6 out of 10 from around 1,400 votes, and on TMDB a rating of 6.1 out of 10 from roughly 176 votes.