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I knew her well [videorecording (DVD)].

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Criterion Collection, 2016.

Suicidal behavior -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 801.

Alternate title:

Io la conoscevo bene [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

DVD special edition.

1 videodisc (115 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as a comedy-drama motion picture in 1965.

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 ; PLUS: an essay by journalist and author Alexander Stille.

In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Janus Films ; La Ultra Film presenta a film by Antonio Pietrangeli ; story and screenplay, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola ; una coproduzione italo-francese-tedesca Ultra - Les Films du Siecle - Roxy Film ; directed by Antonio Pietrangeli.

Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean Claude Brialy, Joachim Fuchsberger, Nino Manfredi, Enrico Maria Salerno and 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."--Container.

Satirical films.

Pietrangeli, Antonio, 1919-1968.

Sandrelli, Stefania.

Brialy, Jean-Claude.

Fuchsberger, Joachim.

Manfredi, Nino, 1921-2004.

Salerno, Enrico Maria, 1926-1994.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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