I Knew Her Well

Original title: Io la conoscevo bene

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7.6/10

3.3K

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Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.

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Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.Adriana, a naive Italian country girl, moves to Rome to become a movie star and experiences the dark side of the business.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 2 nominations

Trivia
In 2008, the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved (100 film italiani da salvare). The list was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". The project was established by the Venice Days ("Giornate degli Autori") in the Venice Film Festival, in collaboration with Cinecittà Holding and with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

Quotes
The Writer: She was like a lot of other girls.
Adriana Astarelli: I bet you slept with her.
The Writer: It's not that hard with girls like that.
Adriana Astarelli: I can tell she liked you.
The Writer: Liked me? Trouble is, she likes everything. She's always happy. She desires nothing, envies no one, is curious about nothing. You can't surprise her. She doesn't notice the humiliations, though they happen to her every day. It all rolls off her back like some waterproof material. Zero ambition. No moral code. Not even a whore's love of money.
Adriana Astarelli: Such language!
The Writer: Yesterday and tomorrow don't exist for her. Even living for today would mean too much planning, so she lives for the moment. Sunbathing, listening to records, and dancing are her sole activities. The rest of the time she's mercurial and capricious, always needing brief new encounters with anyone at all... just never with herself.
Adriana Astarelli: I'm Milena, right? Is that what I'm like? Some sort of dimwit?
The Writer: On the contrary. You may be the wisest of all.

Connections
Featured in Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italiana (2015)

Soundtracks
Eclisse Twist
Written by Giovanni Fusco and Michelangelo Antonioni (as Ammonio)
Performed by Mina
Courtesy of Edizioni Musicali C.A.M.

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Disillusionment and depression

This film is an elongated character study. The first hour drags, and I almost stopped watching. It picks up speed after that, but don't expect something uplifting.

Country girl moves to the "big city" to live an independent life and to pursue ambitions of succeeding in the entertainment industry. The IMDb summary already clues you in to the outcome. Ultimately, this movie relies upon the way it transpires; sadly, the ending offers more confusion than insight.

Don't be fooled by the reviews: it's not a masterpiece. Sorry, but it's not. It is definitely, however, and excellent example of what it means to flesh out a leading character. If it were made today, it would be a textbook example of the hidden manifestations of mental health issues.