Io la conoscevo bene (I knew her well) Dir. Antonio Pietrangeli (1965) When I think of Io la Conoscevo Bene, the film by Antonio Pietrangeli from 1965, I also think of those moments in westerns when the good and the bad come face to face. The moment of the...
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Io la conoscevo bene (I knew her well) Dir. Antonio Pietrangeli (1965) When I think of Io la Conoscevo Bene, the film by Antonio Pietrangeli from 1965, I also think of those moments in westerns when the good and the bad come face to face. The moment of the confrontation, of the truth and of guns, where one dies, the other lives. It might be asked: How is it possible? Isn’t it a film set in Rome? Isn’t it a film in the midst of an Economic Boom? Isn’t it a film about a liberated young woman? Io la Conoscevo Bene is many things. It is Adriana: the girl we see lighting a cigarette in the photo. But it is also the Italy of those who chase dreams and success. But who or what knew here well? What is Adriana known for? What are we talking about? Adriana, girl with beautiful dreams/great hopes, seeks her fortune in Rome in show business. She goes from one audition to another, from one job to another, from one bed to another with ease and naiveté. But no one seems to really know or understand h
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