''Dear Goddamned Friends'' ( it, Cari fottutissimi amici) is a 1994 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.

Plot

In 1944 in

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, a group of boxers facing the disasters of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, during the intrusive presence of the

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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 Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 – 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid G ...

as Dieci *

Massimo Ceccherini Massimo Ceccherini (born 23 May 1965) is an Italian actor, film director, comedian and screenwriter. Biography Born in Florence, Ceccherini is the son of a plasterer, he seemed destined for the same profession, but his father was attracted to t ...

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 Antonella Ponziani (born 29 February 1964) is an Italian actress. Born in Rome, she attended the academy Mimo Teatro Movimento, under the guidance of Lidia Biondi. She debuted in 1986, in Salvatore Samperi's ''La Bonne'', and appeared in Fede ...

as Wilma * Stefano Davanzati as Drago *

Paolo Hendel Paolo Hendel (born 2 January 1952) is an Italian actor, playwright and comedian. Life and career Born in Florence, at young age Hendel made several works, including gamekeeper, guardian of a garage and detective.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Par ...

as Rag. Fortini *

Novello Novelli Novello Novelli (2 March 1930 – 10 January 2018) was an Italian character actor. Life and career Born in Poggibonsi, province of Siena, as Novellantonio Novelli, a former footballer and surveyor, Novelli initially was the manager of the cabare ...

as Zingaro * Eva Grimaldi as Topona * Sergio Pierattini as Poeta

References

External links

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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ...

1994 films 1990s Italian-language films Italian road comedy-drama films 1990s road comedy-drama films Films directed by Mario Monicelli Films set in Tuscany Films set in 1944 Italian boxing films Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico 1994 comedy films 1994 drama films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub