Amici miei atto II (1982)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Leonardo Benvenuti (writer)
Piero De Bernardi (writer)

Release Date:

27 June 1984 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Commedia All'italiana | Italy | 1970s | Italian Comedy

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi	...	Lello Mascetti
Gastone Moschin	...	Rambaldo Melandri
Adolfo Celi	...	Professor Sassaroli
Renzo Montagnani	...	Necchi
Milena Vukotic	...	Alice Mascetti
Franca Tamantini	...	Carmen
Angela Goodwin	...	Nora Perozzi
Alessandro Haber	...	Vedovo
Domiziana Giordano	...	Noemi
Tommaso Bianco	...	Fornaio
Yole Marinelli
Paolo Stoppa	...	Savino Capogreco
Philippe Noiret	...	Giorgio Perozzi
Carmen Elisabete Dias Da Silva	...	Twister
Fiorentina Bucci

Also Known As:

All My Friends Part 2 (International: English title)
My Friends Act II

Runtime:

Italy:130 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Filmauro

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Les témoins (2007)

Greatest Comedy ever, Italian or otherwise.

This lost and practically unknown movie is one of the great lost treasures of the cinema. I found a copy for rent in Brazil or all places, so it was released on video in countries outside the US. If you like Italian movies, Comedies, and movies that you walk away from feeling great about life make it your crusade to find this gem. The acting is wonderful, you'll find yourself lost in the movie and thinking as the sixth friend as they go from one hilarious escapade to another. The "wallet" scene is priceless, the cemetery scene is like nothing before or after I've yet to see in a comedy. Hopefully this movie will be "discovered" again and available in VHS or DVD soon.