''The Way We Laughed'' (
Italian language
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: ''Così ridevano'') is a
1998
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Italian film directed by
Gianni Amelio
Gianni Amelio (born 20 January 1945) is an Italian film director.
Early life
Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with h ...
. It tells the story of two
Sicilian brothers, Giovanni and Pietro, who emigrate to the city of
Turin
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. Giovanni works hard to help Pietro study to be a teacher, but Pietro does poorly. Then Pietro disappears.
The film won the
Golden Lion at the
Venice Film Festival
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.
Cast
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Enrico Lo Verso as Giovanni
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Fabrizio Gifuni
Fabrizio Gifuni (born 16 July 1966) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. He won two Silver Ribbons and a David di Donatello Award.
Life and career
Born in Rome, the son of the politician Gaetano, Gifuni enrolled at the Silvio D'Amic ...
as Pelaia
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Francesco Giuffrida as Pietro
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Rosaria Danzè as Lucia
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Renato Liprandi
Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means " born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is ...
as the professor
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Paolo Sena
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People with the given name Paolo
Art
* Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter
*Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American ...
as Prof.Rosini
External links
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1998 films
1998 drama films
1990s Italian-language films
Golden Lion winners
Films directed by Gianni Amelio
Films set in Turin
Italian drama films
1990s Italian films
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