Let Yourself Go

Winner of the Italian Golden Globe for Best Comedy, this crowd-pleasing screwball comedy stars Tony Servillo (from the Academy Award-winning The Great Beauty) as Dr. Elia Venezia, an uptight psychoanalyst whose life is shaken up when he becomes involved with an effervescent personal trainer. With a beard and glasses à la Sigmund Freud, Elia is separated from his wife, but still lives in the same apartment block as her. Until an illness forces him to the doctor, he lives a comfortable and rather self-centered existence. Instructed to lose some weight, he befriends a vivacious Spanish personal trainer named Claudia, who is a single mother with an unhinged criminal ex-boyfriend. As Claudia drags Elia around Rome, a series of mishaps ensue, breathing new energy and joy into his tired and predictable life. Together, this mismatched pair makes great strides in healing both body and soul.