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Amis pour la vie

Original title: Amici per la pelle
  • 1955
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
261
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Amis pour la vie (1955)
ComedyDrama

Mario and the new kid Franco gradually become the best of friends, but their friendship is tested when one of them wins a competition.Mario and the new kid Franco gradually become the best of friends, but their friendship is tested when one of them wins a competition.Mario and the new kid Franco gradually become the best of friends, but their friendship is tested when one of them wins a competition.

  • Director
    • Franco Rossi
  • Writers
    • Ottavio Alessi
    • Leonardo Benvenuti
    • Piero De Bernardi
  • Stars
    • Geronimo Meynier
    • Andrea Sciré
    • Vera Carmi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    261
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Franco Rossi
    • Writers
      • Ottavio Alessi
      • Leonardo Benvenuti
      • Piero De Bernardi
    • Stars
      • Geronimo Meynier
      • Andrea Sciré
      • Vera Carmi
    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Geronimo Meynier
    • Mario
    Andrea Sciré
    • Franco
    Vera Carmi
    Vera Carmi
    • La madre di Mario
    Luigi Tosi
    Luigi Tosi
    • Il padre di Mario
    Carlo Tamberlani
    Carlo Tamberlani
    • Il padre di Franco
    Paolo Ferrara
    • Professore Martinelli
    Marcella Rovena
    Marcella Rovena
    • Professoressa di inglese
    Leonilde Montesi
    • Professoressa di latino
    Ignazio Leone
    Ignazio Leone
    • Professore di ginnastica
    Maria Chiara Bettinali
    • Margherita
    • (as M. Chiara Bettinali)
    Isabella Nobili
    • Alunna
    Renata Bousquet
    • Alunna
    Roberto Illuminati
    • Alunno
    Emilio Telve
    • Alunno
    Cesare Ciucchi
    Angelo Bizzoni
    • Alunno
    Vittorio Casali
    • Alunno
    Giancarlo Margheriti
    • Alunno
    • Director
      • Franco Rossi
    • Writers
      • Ottavio Alessi
      • Leonardo Benvenuti
      • Piero De Bernardi
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    8sekroner

    Intelligent story, funny as well as touching

    This tale of the friendship between two boys of different background and character is funny as well as touching. It is a very intelligent entertaining story about the importance of love, trust, understanding and laughter. Set in Rome it shows how big events as well as small things can influence a relationship - a friendship that will last a lifetime, even if the two boys might never meet again.
    luke-94

    A delicate and sensitive film

    I saw this film around 1957 in London and the memory has always stayed with me. Even now I can recall the music! See it if you can, unless you are one of those people who thought that "Wild Strawberries" was a tedious bore.
    8mcongedi

    Beautiful film of boyhood friendship

    Films about children are often either strictly for children (and therefore rarely made to a high standard) or are unrealistic in their character portrayal (often showing children to be too coy or more wise-cracking than is natural). Not this film whose Italian title "Amici per la pelle" translates roughly as "Friends for life".

    Fourteen year-old Franco (Andrea Scire'), the son of a diplomat and orphaned of mother arrives at a new city to live. Being the son of a diplomat, and having to move from city to city frequently is clearly disruptive for shy Franco as he needs to forge new friendships again. Arriving at his new school he is keen to impress the other children in the hope of making new friendships. He forges a friendship with schoolmate Mario (Geronimo Meynier) and Franco feels compelled to invent stories about himself to keep Mario's friendship. But this friendship is sorely tested when envy and competitiveness come between them. Will their friendship survive?

    This is a beautifully made film by director Franco Rossi whose subsequent career never hit the heights of this sensitive and well-handled film. The children actors are all marvelous, the dialogue is pitched at the right age group of the children which adds to the realism. But it not just a film for children, as it can be appreciated by adults due to its mature themes of loyalty and friendship.
    10notswin

    Amici per la pelle- the story of a friendship.

    This is the story of the friendship of two Italian schoolboys, admirably played by Geronimo Maynier(Mario) and Andrea Scire(Franco). Mario is a lively extrovert from a happy home, Franco is a lonely, more introverted boy who moves from hotel to hotel with his diplomat father. In a series of incidents at their homes and at school we see a happy friendship develop. There follows a rift in the friendship and finally there is a parting. The film is brilliantly directed by Franco Rossi. I first saw the film back in the 1950's and was very moved by it. I do not know if it has been issued on Video or DVD- it certainly should be for it deals in a simple and unmelodramatic way with the strong emotions of adolescent friendships as we have seen more recently in films like "Stand By Me".
    7CinemaSerf

    Amici per la pelle

    "Franco" (Andrea Sciré) is the son of a diplomat and is quite well educated and worldly when he arrives at his new school where he quickly befriends "Mario" (Geronimo Meynier). The fact that he lives in an exclusive hotel causes a little consternation with his new friend's family at the beginning, but pretty soon the two boys are inseparable and getting up to all sorts of mischief. Then they hit an unexpected bump in the road that sees them both in the same running competition - and of course, only one of them can win. What now ensures is something that I think we can all relate to. The complexities of maintaining an intensive friendship - it's almost like an addiction, and the two young actors here really do immerse themselves in the roles and offer us an amiably engaging look at a friendship tempered with some stupidity and soft-headedness. Fortunately the adult characters are pretty much on board here, and are also adept at leaving their sons to solve their own problems whilst offering a shoulder and some words of wisdom as required. It also shines a light on the behaviour of classmates who, with varying degrees of nastiness, are envious of something they aren't part of. They see the boy's relationship as something to be torn down rather than celebrated when the first sign of a crack emerges. It can be quite funny and is really an enjoyably paced and jauntily scored celebration of a simple friendship that we all hope endures in the end.

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    • Release date
      • September 3, 1956 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • The Woman in the Painting
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Producciones Cinematográficas Ariel
      • Società Italiana Cines
      • Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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