Antonio Pietrangeli was an Italian film director and screenwriter, active from the 1940s until his death in 1968, associated with commedia all'italiana and known for character-driven films.

He directed I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene, 1965), often considered his masterpiece. Reviews and sources note he died in 1968 before turning 50. His films frequently starred Stefania Sandrelli and included notable performers such as Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, and Enrico Maria Salerno.

I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene, 1965) is presented in the reviews as Antonio Pietrangeli's masterpiece, a bittersweet, non-linear portrait of Adriana played by Stefania Sandrelli. The film mixes pop songs and memory associations to reveal the protagonist's fragility. Reviewers praise performances (Sandrelli, Tognazzi) and the film's cynical yet empathetic tone.

For:Fans of classic Italian cinema, commedia all'italiana, and character-driven 1960s films.

 zero ambitions, no morals, not even for money because she is not even a whore... for her yesterday and tomorrow do not exist, she doesn't even live day by day because even that would force her into plans that are too complicated, so she lives minute by minute, sunbathing, listening to records, and dancing are her only activities while for the rest she is fickle, inconsistent, always in need of new and brief encounters, it doesn't matter with whom... never with herself...

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 The film is considered Pietrangeli's masterpiece and rightly received several accolades.

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