| Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio | |
| Director: | Neri Parenti |
| Producer: | Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis |
| Starring: | Christian De Sica Michele Placido Paolo Hendel Giorgio Panariello Massimo Ghini Massimo Ceccherini Alessandro Benvenuti |
| Narrator: | David Riondino |
| Cinematography: | Luciano Tovoli |
| Editing: | Luca Montanari |
| Music: | Andrea Guerra |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.[1]
The film is meant to be a tribute to Mario Monicelli's classic comedy My Friends (1975) and its two sequels, and it is set in 15th-century Florence.[2] [3] The main plot of the film is based on an Italian Renaissance novella known as Novella del Grasso legnaiuolo ("Tale of the Fat Carpenter").[4]