Dear Goddamned Friends
{{short description|1994 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Dear Goddamned Friends
(Cari fottutissimi amici)
| image = Dear Goddamned Friends.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Mario Monicelli
| producer = Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
| writer = Leo Benvenuti, Mario Monicelli, Piero De Bernardi, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
| starring = Paolo Villaggio, Massimo Ceccherini, Paolo Hendel
| music = Renzo Arbore
| cinematography = Tonino Nardi
| editing = Ruggero Mastroianni
| distributor = Variety Distribution
| released = {{film date|1994|2||df=yes}}
| runtime = 118 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
}}
Dear Goddamned Friends ({{langx|it|Cari fottutissimi amici}}) is a 1994 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1994/03_preistr_ger_1994/03_Preistraeger_1994.html |title=Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners |access-date=11 June 2011 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726021403/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1994/03_preistr_ger_1994/03_Preistraeger_1994.html |url-status=dead }}
Plot
In 1944 in Tuscany, a group of boxers facing the disasters of the Second World War, during the intrusive presence of the Germans and the Americans, organizes rigged matches to make some money and travel from town to town, hoping to participate in local fairs. A young black American soldier, believed missing, and a girl who refused to marry accompany the ramshackle group.
Cast
- Paolo Villaggio as Dieci
- Massimo Ceccherini as Marlini
- Vittorio Rap as Callicchero
- Marco Graziani as Calamai
- Giuseppe Oppedisano as Taddei
- Elijah Raynard Childs as Washington
- Béatrice Macola as Testa di rapa
- Antonella Ponziani as Wilma
- Stefano Davanzati as Drago
- Paolo Hendel as Rag. Fortini
- Novello Novelli as Zingaro
- Eva Grimaldi as Topona
- Sergio Pierattini as Poeta
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0109378|title=Dear Goddamned Friends}}
- [https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/dear-goddamned-friends/ Dear Goddamned Friends] at Variety Distribution
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Category:1990s Italian-language films
Category:Italian road comedy-drama films
Category:1990s road comedy-drama films
Category:Films directed by Mario Monicelli
Category:Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Category:1994 comedy-drama films
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