''Friends by Chance'' () is a 2017 Italian

comedy-drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

film written and directed by Francesco Bruni. Loosely based on a novel by Cosimo Calamini, the film premiered at the

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. For his performance,

Giuliano Montaldo Giuliano Montaldo (22 February 1930 – 6 September 2023) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was known internationally for his biographical docudrama Sacco & Vanzetti (1971 film), ''Sacco & Vanzetti'' (1971), which was n ...

was awarded the

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

for Best Supporting Actor and a special

Nastro d'Argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

. The film also won the

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay The David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay (Italian: ''David di Donatello per la migliore sceneggiatura'') was a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize outstanding screen ...

Plot

The unlikely friendship between a 22-year-old scoundrel and an 85-year-old poet.

Cast

Andrea Carpenzano Andrea Carpenzano (born 24 August 1995) is an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Lugo, the son of the director of the Department of Architecture at La Sapienza, Carpenzano grew up in Rome. In 2017, while still a student ...

as Alessandro *

as Giorgio Gherarducci * Arturo Bruni as Riccardo *

Emanuele Propizio Vittorio Emanuele Propizio (born 30 December 1991) is an Italian actor in cinema and television. Career Propizio was born in Rome to Sicilian parents. Among his films are: My Brother is an Only Child (2007), where he played a young Accio; '' G ...

as Tommi * Riccardo Vitiello as Leo *

Donatella Finocchiaro Donatella Finocchiaro (born 16 November 1970) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 2002. She starred in '' The Wedding Director'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festiva ...

as Claudia *

Antonio Gerardi Antonio Gerardi (born 8 March 1968) is an Italian actor and radio presenter. Biography Antonio Gerardi was born in Potenza, Basilicata, and grew up in the neighboring municipality of Avigliano. At thirteen he started as a radio presenter for " ...

as Alessandro's father *

Raffaella Lebboroni Raffaella Lebboroni (born 10 June 1961) is an Italian actress. Biography Born in Bologna, Lebboroni attended the Accademia dell'Antoniano, graduating in 1988. In 1992 she married the screenwriter and director Francesco Bruni, with the couple ...

as Laura *

Andrea Lehotská Andrea Lehotská (born December 2, 1981, in Detva, Slovakia) is a Slovak-Italian television hostess, actress and model. Biography In March 2001, Lehotská was one of the twelve finalists in the Miss Slovakia contest for Miss Universe 2001. In ...

as Regina * Carolina Pavone as Zoe * Aurora Quattrocchi as Mendicante

References

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*{{IMDb title 2017 films 2017 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films Films about old age Films about poetry Films scored by Carlo Virzì