C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Ettore Scola

Writers:

Agenore Incrocci (story) &
Furio Scarpelli (story) ...

Release Date:

23 May 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A many splendored thing.

Plot:

Gianni, Nicola and Antonio become close friends in 1944 while fighting the Nazis. After the end of the war...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Cult Director | Partisan | 1940s | Resistance

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Nino Manfredi	...	Antonio
Vittorio Gassman	...	Gianni Perego
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Luciana Zanon
Stefano Satta Flores	...	Nicola Palumbo
Giovanna Ralli	...	Elide Catenacci, Romolo's daughter
Aldo Fabrizi	...	Romolo Catenacci
Mike Bongiorno	...	Himself
Federico Fellini	...	Himself
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Himself
Nello Meniconi	...	Himself
Guidarino Guidi	...	Himself
Pierluigi	...	Himself
Alfonso Crudele	...	Edoardo
Isa Barzizza	...	Elena
Marcella Michelangeli	...	Gabriella

Also Known As:

Those Were the Years (International: English title) (informal title)
We All Loved Each Other So Much (USA)

Runtime:

Italy:124 min | USA:124 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:U | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Spain:13 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Fontana di Trevi, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Dean Cinematografica Delta

Trivia:

The original Italian title, "C'eravamo tanto amati," is the first line of the 1918 popular song "Come pioveva", by Italian singer-songwriter Armando Gill.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#14.4)" (2001)

One of the most outstanding films about life,friendship,love and the unending magic of an exquisite thing called cinema.

Sorry for being much too lenient but in these perverse times where everybody is talking of global warming, please excuse me when I say that I just have wonderful praises for this great film. It is great on every front. What is the yardstick by which a great film can be measured ? A great film can be recognized by its inherent ability to make viewers shed some emotional tears and weep inconsolably. This is what this great masterpiece by Ettore Scola did to me. We all loved each other is such a pleasant film that it can be compared to a sweet lullaby. The ease with which the various dramatic events happen is a joy to behold. I am not really sure about this fact but I think that may be French master Claude Sautet must have been influenced by this film when he decided to make a similar masterpiece called "Vincent, François, Paul et les autres".Which one is the better film ? Watch both of them and find out for yourself.