Friends for Life - Italy (Excerpt)
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16mm Film - Friends for Life - Italy 1955 (Excerpt)
Direction: Franco Rossi
Script: Franco Rossi, Ottavio Alessi, Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Ugo Guerra, Giandomenico Giagni
Camera: Gábor Pogány
Music: Nino Rota
Cast: Geronimo Meynier, Andrea Sciré, Vera Carmi, Luigi Tosi, Carlo Tamberlani, Paolo Ferrara, Marcella Rovena, Leonilde Montesi, Ignazio Leone, Maria Chiara Bettinali, Isabella Nobili, Renata Bousquet, Roberto Illuminati, Emilio Telve, Angelo Bizzoni
Rome, 1955: The fourteen-year-old Mario is a self-confident and popular boy. One day, however, he gets a new desk neighbor in the shy but intelligent son of a diplomat, Franco, whom he also can't stand because of his good academic performance. One day a quarrel breaks out, but it is precisely this argument that leads to the two very different boys becoming close friends. The initially sporadic joint activities multiply, and the two experience many adventures together that bond them closely. When Franco's father one day has to move away for professional reasons, Mario's family even offers to take the shy Franco in with them. A big race in which the two friends take part ultimately becomes the test of their friendship.
Friends for Life tells the enchanting story of a boyhood friendship and occupies a very special place within the youth film genre. The film, directed with Franco Rossi's sensitive direction, under which the young actors Geronimo Meynier and Andrea Sciré appear like seasoned professionals, creates a masterpiece — an extremely successful mix of comedy and a subtle portrayal of youthful thinking and feeling. The film also received the rating "particularly valuable" in Germany.
Direction: Franco Rossi
Script: Franco Rossi, Ottavio Alessi, Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Ugo Guerra, Giandomenico Giagni
Camera: Gábor Pogány
Music: Nino Rota
Cast: Geronimo Meynier, Andrea Sciré, Vera Carmi, Luigi Tosi, Carlo Tamberlani, Paolo Ferrara, Marcella Rovena, Leonilde Montesi, Ignazio Leone, Maria Chiara Bettinali, Isabella Nobili, Renata Bousquet, Roberto Illuminati, Emilio Telve, Angelo Bizzoni
Rome, 1955: The fourteen-year-old Mario is a self-confident and popular boy. One day, however, he gets a new desk neighbor in the shy but intelligent son of a diplomat, Franco, whom he also can't stand because of his good academic performance. One day a quarrel breaks out, but it is precisely this argument that leads to the two very different boys becoming close friends. The initially sporadic joint activities multiply, and the two experience many adventures together that bond them closely. When Franco's father one day has to move away for professional reasons, Mario's family even offers to take the shy Franco in with them. A big race in which the two friends take part ultimately becomes the test of their friendship.
Friends for Life tells the enchanting story of a boyhood friendship and occupies a very special place within the youth film genre. The film, directed with Franco Rossi's sensitive direction, under which the young actors Geronimo Meynier and Andrea Sciré appear like seasoned professionals, creates a masterpiece — an extremely successful mix of comedy and a subtle portrayal of youthful thinking and feeling. The film also received the rating "particularly valuable" in Germany.
Sources
- YouTube channel: The Art of Film on 16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
- 16mm Filmography editors — title, year, description
Record added 2026-06-12 21:03:01