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.
Director: Mario Monicelli. AKA My Friends
Writers: Tullio Pinelli, Pietro Germi, Piero de Bernardi, Leonardo Benevenuti.
Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Philippe Noiret, Gastone Moschin, Adolfo Celi, Duilio Del Prete, Renzo Montagnani, Milena Vukotic, Bernard Blier, Olga Karlatos, Silvia Dionisio, Franca Tamantini, Angela Goodwin, Milena Vukotic, Adolfo Celi, Marisa Traversi, Maurizio Scattorin, Edda Ferronao, Mario Scarpetta, Giorgio Iovine, Mauro Vestri.
My father told me about this fun old italian movie with four friends he once saw, I gave up on ever seeing it years ago and then I found it here in the frontpage, this website is gold.
The correct title would be “Amici miei”, not “Amici mei”.
Thanks for pointing it out, Pablo, I corrected the title, will fix the link in a few days.
Hope you are doing well, it’s great to see you here 🙂
Jon.
Four famous actor at their top for the top of italian comedy (Commedia all’ italiana). Bitter sweet and many many laughs.