Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with daytrips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.
Acting
Ensemble chemistry so real you'll suspect they actually hate their wives.
Direction
Monicelli balances farce with genuine melancholy like a tightrope drunk.
Director
Mario Monicelli
Ugo Tognazzi
Raffaello Mascetti
Gastone Moschin
Rambaldo Melandri
Philippe Noiret
Il Perozzi
Duilio Del Prete
Il Necchi
Adolfo Celi
Il Professor Sassaroli
Bernard Blier
Righi Niccolò
Marisa Traversi
Bruna, l'amante del Perozzi
Milena Vukotić
Alice Mascetti
Franca Tamantini
Carmen
Olga Karlatos
Donatella Sassaroli
Silvia Dionisio
Titti
Angela Goodwin
Nora Perozzi
Maurizio Scattorin
Luciano Perozzi
Mauro Vestri
neurologo
Mario Scarpetta
il vigile urbano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This launched the 'commedia all'italiana' template: aging masculinity in crisis, played for uncomfortable laughs. The term 'goliardia'—rowdy student traditions—gets weaponized by men who should know better.
The four leads improvised extensively; their real friendship predated filming. Monicelli allegedly had to stop takes because the actors were genuinely cracking each other up.
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