My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began

My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began

At the height of its splendor, Florence was struck by a calamity: BOREDOM! To combat it, 5 friends relied on new remedies: gypsies, fishermen, fooling around? I'm fucking around!

Directed by Neri Parenti

Produced by Filmauro

2011109 min4.1 / 10

A bawdy, irreverent comedy about five Renaissance friends using foolishness and camaraderie to escape the dread of plague-era Florence.

Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.

Questions people ask

  • Is My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

  • Does My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity59

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise2

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love3

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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