Dear Goddamned Friends

Dear Goddamned Friends (Italian: Cari fottutissimi amici) is a 1994 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.^[1]

Dear Goddamned Friends (Cari fottutissimi amici)
Film poster
Directed by	Mario Monicelli
Written by	Leo Benvenuti, Mario Monicelli, Piero De Bernardi, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Produced by	Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Starring	Paolo Villaggio, Massimo Ceccherini, Paolo Hendel
Cinematography	Tonino Nardi
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Renzo Arbore
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release date	February 1994 (1994-02)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

In 1944 in Tuscany, a group of boxers facing the disasters of the Second World War, during the intrusive presence of the Germans 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 as Dieci
• Massimo Ceccherini 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 as Wilma
• Stefano Davanzati as Drago
• Paolo Hendel as Rag. Fortini
• Novello Novelli as Zingaro
• Eva Grimaldi as Topona
• Sergio Pierattini as Poeta