My Friends

My Friends

1975 · 140 min · IT · R · 8.2 (643 votes)
Dir. Mario Monicelli · Starring Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Philippe Noiret, Duilio Del Prete, Adolfo Celi, Bernard Blier · Music Carlo Rustichelli · My Friends Collection
Comedy

Four middle-aged friends in Florence organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life.

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This film feels like a warm, boisterous embrace of enduring male friendship. It's a bittersweet ode to resisting the inevitable march of time through shared mischief and a refusal to fully grow up. Expect a comforting, anarchic spirit, full of laughter and a touch of melancholy for lost youth.

playfulnostalgicanarchicbittersweetcomfortingsteadyclassic Italian comedyensemble dramedyslice-of-lifemale friendshipagingescapismyouthful rebellion
jokemale friendship
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