Friends by Chance

{{Short description|2017 Italian film}}

{{Infobox film

| name =

| image = Locandina Friends by Chance.jpg

| director = Francesco Bruni

| screenplay =Francesco Bruni

| starring = {{plainlist|

• Giuliano Montaldo
• Andrea Carpenzano
• Side Baby
• Antonio Gerardi
• Donatella Finocchiaro

}}

| music = Carlo Virzì

| cinematography = Arnaldo Catinari

| editing = Cecilia Zanuso

| producer =

|distributor = 01 Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2017}}

| language = Italian

| runtime =

| budget =

}}

Friends by Chance ({{langx|it|Tutto quello che vuoi}}) is a 2017 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Francesco Bruni.

Loosely based on a novel by Cosimo Calamini,{{cite news |last1=Santoni |first1=Simona |title=Tutto quello che vuoi, il nuovo film di Francesco Bruni - Video - Panorama |url=https://www.panorama.it/tutto-quello-che-vuoi-film-francesco-bruni |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Panorama|date=5 May 2017 |language=it}} the film premiered at the Bari International Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Scarpa |first1=Vittoria |title=Friends by Chance: Memory, poetry and generations compared |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/327689/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Cineuropa |date=26 April 2017 |language=en}} For his performance, Giuliano Montaldo was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor and a special Nastro d'Argento.{{cite news |title=Su Sky Tutto quello che vuoi, David miglior attore per Montaldo |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/cinema/2023/09/06/su-sky-tutto-quello-che-vuoi-david-miglior-attore-per-montaldo_37e29db7-22f3-40db-946a-55aab1d037a5.html |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=ANSA |date=6 September 2023 |language=it}} The film also won the David di Donatello for Best Screenplay.{{cite news |last1=Armelli |first1=Paolo |title=David di Donatello 2018, i vincitori degli Oscar italiani |url=https://www.wired.it/play/cinema/2018/03/22/david-donatello-2018-tutti-vincitori/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Wired Italia |date=22 March 2018 |language=it-IT}}

== Plot ==

The unlikely friendship between a 22-year-old scoundrel and an 85-year-old poet.