''Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio'' () is a 2011 Italian

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

film directed by

Neri Parenti Neri Parenti (born 26 April 1950, in Florence) is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio playing the character Ugo Fantozzi, and a later series of '' cinepanettoni'' - za ...

. The film is meant to be a

tribute A tribute (; from Latin ''tributum'', "contribution") is wealth, often in kind, that a party gives to another as a sign of submission, allegiance or respect. Various ancient states exacted tribute from the rulers of land which the state conqu ...

to Mario Monicelli's classic comedy '' My Friends'' (1975) and its two sequels, and it is set in 15th-century

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

. 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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* 2011 films Films directed by Neri Parenti 2010s Italian-language films 2011 comedy films Italian comedy films Films set in Florence Films shot in Tuscany Films shot in Rome Films set in the 1480s Films set in the 15th century 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-film-stub