My Friends

– Like in many other Monicelli movies, the main theme of Amici miei is friendship, seen from a rather ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 20 Minutes
Release Year:
1975
Original Name:
Amici miei
My Friends (1975) - Also known as Amici miei

Like in many other Monicelli movies, the main theme of Amici miei is friendship, seen from a rather bitter point of view. It tells the story of four middle-aged friends in Florence who organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life.

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My Friends (1975) - Trailer

Release Date:

18 Jul 1976

Language:

Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writer:

Pietro Germi (story), Piero De Bernardi (story), Leonardo Benvenuti (story), Tullio Pinelli (story), Pietro Germi (screenplay), Piero De Bernardi (screenplay), Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay), Tullio Pinelli (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret, Duilio Del Prete

Plot:

Necchi (a bar owner), Perozzi (a journalist), Melandri (an architect) and Mascetti (a broken nobleman) live in Florence. They have been friends since their youngest years and spend every free moment together organizing complex and terrible jokes to all the people they meet, or just wandering around Tuscany. One of these crazy trips ends up in the hospital run by military-like Professor Sassaroli. Melandri falls in love with his wife, and steals her from the husband, much to the delight of Sassaroli himself. The relationship won't last but the Professor becomes the fifth member of the team of friends, and jokes get even more complicated and powerful.

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.1/10