No Pain () is a 2026 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio, co-written with Ludovica Rampoldi. It stars Alessandro Borghi, Valeria Golino and Valerio Mastandrea.
The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2026. It will be theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 24 September.
Cast
Alessandro Borghi as Davide Valeria Golino as Elsa Valerio Mastandrea
Production The film was produced by Kavac Films and Be Water, in association with Rai Cinema. It was shot between Rome, Ostia, and Orvieto. Principal cinematography started in February 2026.
Release The film had its world premiere out competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. It will be theatrically released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 24 September 2026.
Reception Frank J. Avella from The Contending called the film one of Amelio's best, and described it as "a compelling, sometimes absurd, look at how humans treat and mistreat one another and how people tend to look away from those in need". Cineuropa '''s critic Camillo De Marco criticized the screenplay, lacking "the rhetorical resources needed to make the plot plausible or compelling." Davide Turrini from Il Fatto Quotidiano described it as "one of those classic minimalist, tragically poignant works with a typical Amelio touch, full of silent glances, suspensions of meaning and time".
Alberto Crespi from la Repubblica'' noted: "Amelio is not interested in immigration as a social issue, but he is deeply interested in immigrants as people who live in our cities as invisible figures.[...] He is interested in the emotional impact that, in our lives and theirs, can be produced by the encounter between human worlds that do not understand each other".
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