''Don't Kill Me'' () is a 2021 Italian romantic

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written and directed by Andrea De Sica, based on the novel ''Non mi uccidere'' by Chiara Palazzolo. It was released for digital download and

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in Italy on 21 April 2021 before being released internationally on

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in 2022.

Premise

19-year-old Mirta dies of a drug overdose with her boyfriend, Robin. Now

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, she realizes that she must eat living humans in order to survive.

Cast

Alice Pagani Alice Pagani (born 19 February 1998) is an Italian actress, model, and author, best known for playing Ludovica Storti in the Netflix series ''Baby (Italian TV series), Baby'', and Stella in the Paolo Sorrentino film ''Loro (film), Loro''. In 202 ...

as Mirta * Rocco Fasano as Robin * Silvia Calderoni as Sara * Fabrizio Ferracane as Luca Bertozzi *

Sergio Albelli Sergio Albelli (born 5 October 1965, in Pescia) is an Italian actor, best known for his roles in the films '' Captain Corelli's Mandolin'' (2001), '' Miracle at St. Anna'' (2008), ''The First Beautiful Thing ''The First Beautiful Thing'' () ...

as Piero *

Giacomo Ferrara Giacomo Ferrara (born 24 November 1990) is an Italian actor best known for his role as Alberto "Spadino" Anacleti in the 2015 neo-noir crime film ''Suburra'' and its subsequent spin-off series, '' Suburra: Blood on Rome'' (2017–2020) and '' Su ...

as Ago *

Anita Caprioli Anita Caprioli (born 11 December 1972) is an Italian theatre and film actress. Biography Born in Vercelli, Piedmont, the daughter of a stage actress, Caprioli made her stage debut in London in 1995 with Andrea Brooks, in an adaptation of Carlo G ...

as Amalia

Production

The film was shot in

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and

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References

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