C'eravamo tanto amati [Wir haben uns sehr geliebt] IT 1974, R. Ettore Scola mit Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, 124 Min, OmeU - Im Anschluss Aperitivo und Gespräch

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25 April: The Resistance remains an absolute historic moment in Italian history. In a country crushed by war, hunger, distrust, invaded by the German occupier who sowed terror and death there, thousands of Italians chose to resist, to oppose, to claim the right to be other. An incredibly multifaceted universe, very difficult to describe in its composition, is celebrated every 25 April, a date that is always the occasion for controversy, for discussions that move from the historical to the political. Italian cinema has in the analysis and evocation of that tragic and vibrant period, some of its greatest masterpieces, many of which are still internationally celebrated today.

Dedicated to the great Vittorio De Sica:
C'Eravamo Tanto Amati is not only one of the best ever made about the Resistance, but also one of the greatest Italian films of all time.

Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi and Stefano Satta Flores, assisted by Stefania Sandrelli, Aldo Fabrizi and Giovanna Ralli play Gianni, Antonio and Nicola. They are three former partisans who became brothers in the mountains of the free men, then divided by life, political ideals and feelings. No film in the history of our cinema has been able to portray so well the hopes, disappointments and changes suffered by that generation, the one that fought for freedom.

More than a film about the Resistance in the strict sense, C'eravamo Tanto Amati is a film about its legacy, about that betrayed inheritance, and even more about our country, about the society that was born from that dramatic period. A river film that never bores, it is also a symbol of an era in our cinema, full of irony and melancholy, it is filled with profound historical, cultural and political meanings.

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Die drei italienischen Partisanen Antonio (Nino Manfredi), Gianni (Vittorio Gassman) und Nicola (Stefano Satta Flores) teilen nicht nur den Kampf gegen die deutsche Wehrmacht im Zweiten Weltkrieg, sie haben sich auch den Idealen des Sozialismus verschrieben.

Das Zusammenleben der Menschen soll nicht länger durch Macht und Ungerechtigkeit geprägt sein. Die Wege zwischen Gianni und den anderen beiden trennen sich jedoch, als Gianni seinem Freund Antonio dessen große Liebe Luciana (Stefania Sandrelli) wegnimmt.

Die Trennung von seinen Freunden führt schließlich dazu, dass Giannis Idealismus aufgeweicht wird. Während er zunächst noch mit sich ringen muss, um die Stelle in der Firma eines windigen Bauunternehmers anzutreten, spielen sozialistische Überlegungen mit der Zeit keine Rolle mehr. Gianni nimmt den Karriereweg, während seine ehemaligen Freunde an ihren Zielen festhalten.