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My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began (2011)
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Original name: Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.
Style:
funny, entertaining, period piece, humorous, captivating, costume drama, tragicomedy, lighthearted
Plot:
renaissance, friendship, plague, epidemic, friend, friends, illness, friendship between men, best friend, group of friends, camaraderie, male friendship, dark humor, satire, irreverent, city life, bromance, social commentary, dialogue, nostalgia, farce, reminiscence, adaptation, origin story, best friends
Time:
15th century
Place:
florence, italy, tuscany, europe, florence italy
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. All My Friends Part 2 (Italian: Amici miei Atto II) is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is the sequel to Amici miei of 1975. The movie features Paolo Stoppa in one of his last roles. ...
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