Amici miei (1975)

Voti degli utenti:

8.1/10   

Regista:

Mario Monicelli

Scrittori:

Leonardo Benvenuti (writer)
Piero De Bernardi (writer)

Data di uscita:

18 luglio 1976 (USA)

Genere:

Commedia

Plot:

Necchi (a bar owner), Perozzi (a journalist), Melandri (an architect) and Mascetti (a broken nobleman) live in Florence...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Joke | Friendship | Italy | Lesbian

Premi:

5 wins

Recensioni degli utenti:

absolute masterpiece

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi	...	Lello Mascetti
Gastone Moschin	...	Rambaldo Melandri
Philippe Noiret	...	Giorgio Perozzi
Duilio Del Prete	...	Necchi
Olga Karlatos	...	Donatella Sassaroli
Silvia Dionisio	...	Titti
Franca Tamantini	...	Carmen
Angela Goodwin	...	Nora Perozzi
Milena Vukotic	...	Alice Mascetti
Bernard Blier	...	Righi Niccolò
Adolfo Celi	...	Professor Sassaroli
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Edda Ferronao	...	Nun
Maurizio Scattorin	...	Perozzi's son
Marisa Traversi	...	Perozzi's lover
Mauro Vestri	...	Specialist doctor for Melandri
Valeria Vitti	...	Prostitute

Alias:

My Friends

Durata:

140 min | Sweden:114 min

Nazionalità:

Italy

Lingua:

Italiano

Colore:

Colore (Technospes)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Divieti:

Sweden:11 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Argentina:13

Luoghi riprese:

Calcata, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy

Compagnia:

R.P.A. Cinematografica

Collegamenti:

Parodiato in Superfantozzi (1986)

absolute masterpiece

OK, again another Monicelli's masterpiece (based on an idea of the genius Pietro Germi). This movie talks about: friendship, comrade's, love, sex, loneliness, betrayal, fun, sadness, death, sons. In one sentence: it talks about life.

There is a lot of FUN in this movie, as the main characters seem to never grow up, they just want to joke about everything, NOTHING is really THAT important or serious to be spared by jokes. The son of the journalist is more mature and serious than his father... remember that we are in 1975 and this is absolutely counter-intuitive!! in that period young people were fighting on the streets for freedom of thoughts, of sex, and for political reasons!! Well, in some ways young people during that period were more socially "committed" than their fathers who wanted to preserve the status quo.

In this movie however the middle-aged characters make fun of the status quo: the broken noble betrays his wife for a teen-ager, the surgeon does not care to leave the hospital in troubles for joining his friends, the journalist does not understand his son and never tries to, the architect wants to conquer the heart of a married woman, etc... it's like: "OK, you youngsters do not care about the old moral rules? we, your fathers, too, even more than you..."

It's also a sad movie, as this search for continuous fun is a sign that something is wrong in their lives. The architect leaves his new family to join the company for the joke at the train station, as he is fed up with all the problems a real and traditional family provide. Normality is boring and annoying. Fun comes from friends and from breaking the moral or society rules. It's better a good joke (even a cruel one) and have fun than keep a normal life-style and be bored (this is a philosophy that some Italians really have).

There is plenty of UNpolitically correct situations... feminist people can be very nervous seeing this movie... remember that it's a movie that reflects a particular culture, the Tuscany of almost forty years ago (the movie is set in the 60's). But real love is not banned in this movie... it's just a cynic point of view (real love ends up eventually, when it becomes normal life).

I have seen several times this movie and every time I enjoy it. Also the sequel is good, but the first is just incredible. Do not miss this movie. You'll have lots of laughs and an essay about certain Italian culture.