Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio

2011 Italian comedy film

March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18)

Running time

105 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalian

Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio (lit. 'My friends: how it all began') is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.^[1]

The film is meant to be a tribute to Mario Monicelli's classic comedy My Friends (1975) and its two sequels, and it is set in 15th-century Florence.^[2]^[3] The main plot of the film is based on an Italian Renaissance novella known as Novella del Grasso legnaiuolo ("Tale of the Fat Carpenter").^[4]

Cast

Christian De Sica as Filippo
Michele Placido as Duccio
Paolo Hendel as Jacopo
Giorgio Panariello as Cecco
Massimo Ghini as Manfredo
Massimo Ceccherini as Alderighi, the carpenter
Alessandro Benvenuti as Lorenzo de' Medici
Pamela Villoresi as Piccarda
Barbara Enrichi as Margarita
Alessandra Acciai as Madonna Isabetta
Chiara Francini as Tessa
Eros Pagni as Adunchi
Lorenzo Andreaggi as Adunchi's son
Ainett Stephens as Alyssa
Luciano Casaredi as Montesecco
Sergio Forconi as the Magistrate
Alessandro Paci as the convict
Giorgio Ariani as the slaver
Katia Beni as a nun
Alessandro Mommi as Jacopo's boy
Andrea Muzzi as the Calcio storico footballer
David Riondino as the narrator

References

^ "Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Voltattorni, Claudia (10 June 2010). "Amici miei, tutto cominciò da qui" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Morgoglione, Claudia (14 March 2011). ""Amici miei", il prequel delle polemiche. 'Ma sono solo integralisti fiorentini...'" (in Italian). la Repubblica. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ "Film da riscoprire: 'Amici Miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio', un film mediocre". Cinemio (in Italian). Retrieved 8 September 2020.