I Knew Her Well

115 minutes
97 minutes (France, Spain, West Germany)CountriesItaly
France
West GermanyLanguageItalian

I Knew Her Well (Italian: Io la conoscevo bene) is a 1965 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and starring Stefania Sandrelli.

In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[1]

Plot synopsis

Adriana (Stefania Sandrelli) is a provincial Italian young woman who moves to Rome because she wants to be a celebrity.

Cast

• Stefania Sandrelli as Adriana Astarelli
• Mario Adorf as Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Dario Marchionni
• Joachim Fuchsberger as The Writer
• Nino Manfredi as Cianfanna
• Enrico Maria Salerno as Roberto
• Ugo Tognazzi as Gigi Baggini
• Karin Dor as Barbara, the lady friend of Adriana
• Franco Fabrizi as Paganelli
• Turi Ferro as Il commissario
• Robert Hoffmann as Antonio Marais
• Franco Nero as Italo - The garage attendant
• Véronique Vendell as Alice Stendhal (credited as Veronique Vendell)
• Franca Polesello as Maria - The usherette
• Renato Terra as Man in the caravan (credited as Renato Terra Caizzi)

Soundtrack

• "L'Eclisse twist"
  • Performed by Mina
• "Addio"
  • Performed by Mina
• "Ogni giorno che passa"
  • Performed by Mia Genberg
• "Le stelle d'oro"
  • Performed by Peppino Di Capri
• "Sweet William"
  • Performed by Millie
• "Surf della Frusta"
  • By Gino Marinacci
• "Oggi e domenica per noi"
  • Performed by Sergio Endrigo
• "Mani bucate"
  • Performed by Sergio Endrigo
• "Lasciati baciare col Letkiss"
  • Performed by Gemelle Kessler
• "Roberta"
  • Performed by Peppino Di Capri
• "What Am I Living For"
  • Performed by Millie
• "More"
  • Performed by Gilbert Bécaud
• "E se domani"
  • Performed by Mina
• "Abbracciami forte"
  • Performed by Ornella Vanoni
• "Dimmi la verità"
  • Performed by Sergio Endrigo
• "Toi"
  • Performed by Gilbert Bécaud
• "Let Kiss"
  • Orchestrated by Yvar Sanna

Awards

• Three Nastro d'Argento awards: Best Director, Best Script, and Best Supporting Actor (Ugo Tognazzi).
• Pietrangeli was named Best Director at the Mar del Plata Film Festival

References

External links

• I Knew Her Well at IMDb
• I Knew Her Well: City Girl an essay by Alexander Stille at the Criterion Collection