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My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began (2011)

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began (2011), directed by Neri Parenti, starring Christian De Sica and Michele Placido.

03/16/2011 BR Comedy 1h 49m

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At the height of its splendor, Florence was struck by a calamity: BOREDOM! To combat it, 5 friends relied on new remedies: gypsies, fishermen, fooling around? I'm fucking around!

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Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.

  • Luciano TovoliCinematography
  • Neri ParentiDirector, Story, Screenplay
  • Luca MontanariEditing
  • Aurelio De LaurentiisProducer

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

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. The main plot of the film is based on an Italian Renaissance novella known as Novella del Grasso legnaiuolo ("Tale of the Fat Carpenter").

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

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. The main plot of the film is based on an Italian Renaissance novella known as Novella del Grasso legnaiuolo ("Tale of the Fat Carpenter").

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Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio at IMDb

Text from Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amici_miei_–_Come_tutto_ebbe_inizio

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What is My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began about?

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began: Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.

Who directed My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began?

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began was directed by Neri Parenti in 2011.

Who stars in My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began?

The cast of My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began includes Christian De Sica, Michele Placido, Paolo Hendel, Giorgio Panariello and Massimo Ghini.

How long is My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began?

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began runs for 109 minutes, or 1h49.

How much did My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began cost and how much did it make?

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began had a budget of US$ 15,000,000 and took US$ 3,333,050 at the box office.

What is the correct order of the Meus Caros Amigos: A Trilogia films?

The Meus Caros Amigos: A Trilogia franchise has 4 films in the catalogue. In release order: Meus Caros Amigos; Quinteto Irreverente; Meus Caros Amigos 3; Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio.

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