WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH Movie Review

Three men (Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, and Satta Flores) are united over three decades by their friendship and by their love for one extraordinary woman (Stefania Sandrelli). Ettore Scola's enchanting romance begins at the close of World War II, and covers not only the changes in Italy over the years since, but also the evolution of its cinema. Sandrelli's character, an actress, is the movie's link to the movies; Scola's joyous recreation of the evolution of neo-realism into the modern Italian cinema includes appearances by Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg (whose bath in the Trevi fountain in La Dolce Vita is lovingly recreated here), and Vittorio De Sica, to whom the film is dedicated. Ettore Scola is one of the most shamefully underrated of Italy's great directors, and the rich, memorable, touching We All Loved Each Other So Much is one of his finest achievements.

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1977 124m/C IT Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Stefano Satta Flores, Stefania Sandrelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Federico Fellini, Anita Ekberg, Vittorio De Sica; D: Ettore Scola. VHS, LV COL