Two Friends (2002 film)

Two Friends (Italian: ) is a 2002 Italian drama film directed and starred by Spiro Scimone and Francesco Sframeli. It is based on the play Nunzio written by the same Scimone.

It was screened in the Critics Week section at the 59th Venice International Film Festival, in which the film won the Lion of the Future for best first feature. It was also nominated at the European Film Awards in the European Discovery section.

Two Sicilian friends, Nunzio and Pino, share the same apartment in Turin. Nunzio works in a factory but is laid off because of his illness. Pino, on the other hand, is a mysterious man and he is always traveling because of his work. Nunzio would very much like to know what his friend is doing for a living but Pino will not tell him. Nunzio spends his free time the best he can in his friend's absences. He ends up falling in love with Maria, a commercial employee, whereas his health condition deteriorates...