''Friends for Life'' ( also known as ''Amis pour la vie'' in France) is a 1955
Italian
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and
French comedy-drama film directed by
Franco Rossi. It was nominated for "Best Film" at the
10th British Academy Film Awards.
Plot
Rome. Mario is a self-confident fourteen-year-old boy who is in eighth grade. One day a new pupil arrives in class, Franco, who is placed by the teacher in Mario's desk.
Mario is initially hostile towards the newcomer, who immediately proves to be an intelligent boy and soon enters the good graces of his classmates and professors. After some time, however, the two boys begin to meet and make friends.
Mario is the son of a ceramics entrepreneur, while Franco is the son of a diplomat, he lives in a hotel and drinks tomato juice for an aperitif.
While Mario shows confidence in approaching the girls, Franco is hesitant and only after a certain insistence on Mario's part is it discovered that the child has a person in his heart and also confides in him where he lives, exactly in a villa on the Via Appia, but he says also that he never sees her because he never leaves the house. He describes her as "Ingrid Bergman with black hair".
One day Mario decides not to go to school and intrigued by his friend's story, he goes to the villa to find out who this girl is. He will discover that the villa is Franco's old house, where his mother had died. Returning to his friend to talk to him about it, he initially reacts badly but then returns to his old house in the company of his friend and then bursts into a liberating cry. The two become friends so much that the decision is made that Franco will go and live with Mario's family, to have a somewhat stable life.
Then, on the other hand, the two boys participate in the national cross-country championships: during the races they find themselves against each other in the final.
The race is won by Franco: Mario, angry, tells his companions about Franco's mother, to whom he had sworn to keep the secret. Franco pretends to be physically ill to hide his deep disappointment with Mario, and then decides to leave with his father, never to return.
Cast
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Geronimo Meynier
Geronimo Meynier (5 July 1941 – 23 January 2021) was an Italian film actor who starred in Italian cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. He debuted in '' Amici per la pelle'' in 1955 at age 14. His last film was in 1968.
The Italian actor Geronimo Me ...
... Mario Camurati
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Andrea Sciré ... Franco Petrocinetti
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Vera Carmi ... La madre di Mario
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Luigi Tosi
Luigi Tosi (15 July 1915 – 12 March 1989) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1944 to 1965.
Filmography
References
External links
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1915 births
1989 deaths
Italian male film actors
Male actors from ...
... Il padre di Mario
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Carlo Tamberlani
Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor.
Life and career
Born in Salice Salentino, Tamberlani was born ...
... Il padre di Franco
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Paolo Ferrara.. Professore Martinelli
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Marcella Rovena
Marcella Rovena (22 January 1905 – 6 October 1991) was an Italian film and voice actress. Born in Conegliano
Conegliano (; Venetian language, Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Trevi ...
... Professoressa di inglese
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Leonilde Montesi ... Professoressa di latino
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Ignazio Leone
Ignazio Leone (19 April 1923 – 30 December 1976) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1952 and 1976.
Selected filmography
* '' The Walk'' (1953)
* '' I Chose Love'' (1953)
* '' Amici per la pelle'' (1955)
* '' A Wo ...
... Professore di ginnastica
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Maria Chiara Bettinali ... Margherita Fenocchio
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Isabella Nobili ... Alunna
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Renata Bousquet ... Alunna
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Roberto Illuminati ... Alunno
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Emilio Telve... Alunno
*Angelo Bizzoni ... Alunno
*Vittorio Casali ... Alunno
*Giancarlo Margheriti ... Alunno
*Giancarlo Tiburzi ... Alunno
References
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1955 films
1955 comedy-drama films
Films scored by Nino Rota
1950s Italian-language films
Films directed by Franco Rossi
Films set in Rome
Italian black-and-white films
French black-and-white films
French comedy-drama films
Italian comedy-drama films
1950s Italian films
1950s French films
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