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Rai Radiotelivisione Italiana
Directed by: Antonio Pietrangeli
Featuring: Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy, Joachim Fuchsberger, Nino Manfredi, Enrico Maria Salerno, Ugo Tognazzi
This prismatic portrait of the days and nights of a party girl in sixties Rome is a revelation. On the surface, I Knew Her Well, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, plays like an inversion of La dolce vita with a woman at its center, following the gorgeous, seemingly liberated Adriana (Stefania Sandrelli) as she dallies with a wide variety of men, attends parties, goes to modeling gigs, and circulates among the rich and famous. But despite its often light tone, the film ultimately becomes a stealth portrait of a suffocating culture that dehumanizes people, especially women. A character study that never strays from its complicated central figure, while keeping us at an emotional remove, I Knew Her Well is one of the most overlooked films of the sixties, by turns funny, tragic, and altogether jaw-dropping.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
Italian PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Audition Footage, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- New interview with actor Stefania Sandrelli
- New interview with film scholar Luca Barattoni about the career of director Antonio Pietrangeli
- Archival footage of Stefania Sandrelli
- Trailer
- An essay by journalist and author Alexander Stille
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