Life Goes This Way

The narrative of film is a humorous and passionate tale set over a twenty-year period, in the region of Sardinia. It explores the experiences of a local community grappling with tensions between economic development and the preservation of their land and cultural identity. ==Cast==

• Diego Abatantuono as Giacomo • Virginia Raffaele as Francesca • Aldo Baglio as Mariano • Ignazio Giuseppe Loi as Efisio • Geppi Cucciari as judge • Ignazio Mulas ==Production==

The film was inspired by the life of Sardinian shepherd Ovidio Marras, who died in January 2024 at the age of 93. Marras garnered national and international attention for opposing a high-profile tourist development that endangered one of Italy's last untouched coastlines. The film written by Riccardo Milani and Michele Astori, is produced by Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli and Sonia Rovai with Medusa Film and Wildside as co-distributors. Filming began in Cagliari with shooting taking place in the Teulada, Sardinia commune in the south-west region in February 2025. The film was completed on 4 August 2025. ==Release==

Life Goes This Way opened the 20th Rome Film Festival on 15 October 2025. On 23 October 2025, it was released in Italian cinemas by Medusa Film. ==Reception==

Box office The film was released on 23 October 2025 on 650 screens throughout Italy. It opened at the top of the Italian box office with €124,994. the film has collected from 881,753 admission in Italy. == References ==