If you loved Big Deal on Madonna Street, try My Friends Act II

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Mario Monicelli, and they both carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Big Deal on Madonna Street, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What My Friends Act II is

Four octogenarians still party like it’s 1939, meeting at a grave to toast the buddy who’s no longer there. They trade anecdotes and accidental pranks, proving age is just a number—or a very poor excuse. Their idea of mourning is a hearse chase.

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