{{Expand Italian|topic=cult|Tramite_amicizia|date=May 2025}} {{No plot|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Needing a Friend? | native_name = {{Infobox name module|it|Tramite amicizia}} | image = | caption = | director = Alessandro Siani | producer = {{plainlist| *Massimo Di Rocco *Federica Lucisano *Fulvio Lucisano }} | writer = {{plainlist| *Gianluca Ansanelli *Alessandro Siani }} | starring = {{plainlist| *Alessandro Siani *Max Tortora *Matilde Gioli *Maria Di Biase }} | cinematography = Giovanni Canevari | editing = Valentina Mariani | music = Umberto Scipione | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2023|2|14|df=y}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = | gross = $3,212,885<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt20865278/|title=Needing a Friend? (2023)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref> }} '''''Needing a Friend?''''' ({{langx|it|Tramite amicizia}}) is a 2023 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Siani.
The film was shot in Ferrara and Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/tramite-amicizia-riprese-e-location-del-nuovo-film-di-alessandro-siani/|title=Tramite amicizia, riprese e location del nuovo film di Alessandro Siani|first=Mattia|last=Pasquini|work=Ciak|date=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/tv/10-07-2023/tramite-amicizia-trama-cast-e-curiosita-del-film-con-alessandro-siani.shtml|title=Tramite amicizia, questa sera in prima tv su Sky il film con Alessandro Siani|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|date=10 January 2023}}</ref> It was released in Italy on 14 February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2023/01/18/tramite-amicizia-trailer|title=Tramite amicizia, Alessandro Siani tra cellulari e aiuti "all'italiana". Il trailer|work=Sky TG24|date=18 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinematografo.it/recensioni/tramite-amicizia-ub4uj5ue|title=Tramite amicizia. Alessandro Siani dietro e davanti la macchina da presa: una commedia edulcorata|first=Federico|last=Pontiggia|work=Rivista del cinematografo|date=14 February 2023}}</ref>
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *Alessandro Siani as Lorenzo Monaco *Max Tortora as Alberto Dessè *Matilde Gioli as Maya *Maria Di Biase as Filomena *Yari Gugliucci as Ernesto *Cecilia Dazzi as Fiorenza *Germano Lanzoni as the Chief of Police *Gianni Fantoni as the psychotherapist *Taiyo Yamanouchi as the Japanese boss *Teresa Del Vecchio as Lorenzo's aunt *Pippo Santonastaso as Luigi *Miloud Mourad Benamara as Kiran *Bruno Gouery as the robber *Debora Villa as Marisa Calasole *Roberta Bedogni as Anita *Enzo Paci and Amedeo Gagliardi as the traffic policemen *Emanuele Vezzoli as Alberto's lawyer }}
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==External links== *{{IMDb title}} *{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/film/441081/|title=Needing a Friend?|publisher=Cineuropa}}
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Category:2023 films Category:2023 Italian-language films Category:2023 comedy films Category:Italian comedy films Category:Films directed by Alessandro Siani Category:Films produced by Fulvio Lucisano Category:2023 Italian films {{2020s-Italy-film-stub}}