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Io la conoscevo bene = I knew her well /

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The prismatic portrait of the days and nights of a party girl in sixties Rome is a revelation. It follows the gorgeous, seemingly liberated Adriana as she dallies with a wide variety of men, attends parties, goes to modeling gigs, and circulates among the rich and famous. Despite its often light ton...

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Uniform Title:Io la conoscevo bene (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Pietrangeli, Antonio, 1919-1968 (Screenwriter), Maccari, Ruggero, 1919-1989 (Screenwriter), Scola, Ettore, 1931-2016 (Screenwriter), Sandrelli, Stefania (Actor), Adorf, Mario (Actor), Brialy, Jean-Claude (Actor), Fuchsberger, Joachim (Actor), Manfredi, Nino, 1921-2004 (Actor), Salerno, Enrico Maria, 1926-1994 (Actor), Tognazzi, Ugo (Actor), Dor, Karin (Actor), Fabrizi, Franco, 1926-1995 (Actor), Ferro, Turi (Actor), Hoffmann, Robert, 1939- (Actor), Nero, Franco (Actor), Vendell, Véronique, 1942- (Actor), Terra, Renato, 1922-2010 (Actor), Piccioni, Piero (composer (expression)), Nannuzzi, Armando, 1925- (director of photography.), Barattoni, Luca (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Italian dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Series:Criterion collection ; 801.
Subjects:
Actresses > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Rome > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
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Summary:The prismatic portrait of the days and nights of a party girl in sixties Rome is a revelation. It follows the gorgeous, seemingly liberated Adriana as she dallies with a wide variety of men, attends parties, goes to modeling gigs, and circulates among the rich and famous. Despite its often light tone, though, the film is a stealth portrait of a suffocating culture that regularly dehumanizes people, especially women.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
Booklet (unnumbered, folded ; illustrations) with an essay by Alexander Stille inserted in container.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Stefania Sandrelli (new interview with the actress, discusses her role in the film and working with the director); Luca Barattoni (new interview with film scholar Luca Barattoni about the career of director Antonio Pietrangeli); Sandrelli's audtion (archival footage of Sandrelli's audition); Trailer; New English subtitle translation.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : photographs ; 18 cm.)
Format:Blu-ray disc, region A; aspect ratio: 1.85:1; Dolby digital monoural; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Production design and costume design, Maurizio Chiari ; music by Piero Piccioni ; editor, Franco Fraticelli ; director of photography, Armando Nannuzzi.