The title of this movie, Fino a qui tutto bene, translates as "so far, so good." Five students at the University of Pisa have been living all together and as this period of their lives comes to an end, they ponder the future and the past: the best time of their lives (so far).
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It's Pisa. A group of university students living in an apartment together have made a home video of the place, which is a mess, partly due to clogged sinks. Their stay is almost at its end and they're taking stock.
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The group goes grocery shopping for their party, but on the way back, Ilaria wants to make a stop. Nobody knows why, or what she plans to do and the situation gets out of hand.
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As they make pasta with whatever scraps of food are left in the fridge, the group discusses Ilaria's predicament, which turns out to be worse than they imagined.
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The group has to figure out the final accounts for the apartment, including some very expensive phone bills they wonder about. Later, they talk about the future and where they think they will end up.
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Despite the late hour, Vincenzo suggests going to see their friend Michele before they all go off to different destinations.
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At the spot where the accident had occurred, the friends wonder how it could have happened since Michele was such a good, careful driver.
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After exchanging memories of Michele, the friends take the road back to Pisa, singing a song with very appropriate lyrics; Morirò in un'incidente stradale (I'll die in a car accident). The group that originally recorded the song is I Gatti Mezzi whose songs are in Pisan dialect or vernacolo (vernacular). See the complete lyrics. Back home, there is a phone call for Vincenzo that seems important.
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Francesca is anxious about Vincenzo's phone call from Iceland. He comes back from the phone call happy, but not everyone is as happy as he is.
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While delivering the mirror to their friend, Vincenzo wonders why the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans. They have a ways to go on foot and a while to wait at the door, so there is plenty of time for Andrea to explain.
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While they are placing the mirror in Berna's apartment, they see an interview on TV with someone they had known back in the day. Back home, they encourage Francesca to make a certain phone call, showing her how it could play out.
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Ilaria has to call her parents to tell them she is pregnant. She has a story ready for them, but her friends find it far-fetched.
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Surrounded by her friends, Ilaria makes a video call to her parents. She downplays the situation but her father is pretty upset.
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Ilaria finally concludes the video call with her parents. She told them the father of her child had died in a car accident and all her father could think of was the insurance money.
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The friends go into Ilaria's ex's house to find something of value to steal.
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After Cioni has a little encounter with a watermelon, they go back to the apartment and talk about what to do with the stuff they stole. This leads to a conversation about why things went south between Ilaria and her ex-boyfriend.
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