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  • 2001
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2001
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m
Così ridevano

Summary The story of two Sicilian brothers who emigrate to the northern Italian city of Turin is told over a six-year period (1958-1964), with each year represented by a dramatic vignette from one day in their lives. (Film Forum)

Directed By: Gianni Amelio

Written By: Alberto Taraglio, Laura Pariani, Gianni Amelio

  • 2001
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2001
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 4 m

Così ridevano

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary The story of two Sicilian brothers who emigrate to the northern Italian city of Turin is told over a six-year period (1958-1964), with each year represented by a dramatic vignette from one day in their lives. (Film Forum)

Directed By: Gianni Amelio

Written By: Alberto Taraglio, Laura Pariani, Gianni Amelio

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
68
67% Positive
10 Reviews
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
68
67% Positive
10 Reviews
27% Mixed
4 Reviews
7% Negative
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100
This is a film precisely constructed, brilliantly imagined.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
90
Writer-director Gianni Amelio masterfully chronicles the ways two people can betray each other, and especially themselves, in the name of love.
By F. X. Feeney FULL REVIEW
88
A film of great ingenuity and imagination, full of suggestive power, and it deserves to be seen.
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75
Longwinded, slow-starting but moving film.
By Jonathan Foreman FULL REVIEW
70
The film, beautifully shot in widescreen by Luca Bigazzi, is surprisingly accessible and always engaging, if ultimately tragic.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
50
Exploring a specific generational moment in mid-century Italy's social weft, Amelio's family saga might be his grimmest film, if only for the tragic exploitation of fraternity.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
38
A ponderously slow experience.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Presidenza del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo
Release Date Nov 21, 2001
Duration 2 h 4 m
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Awards

Golden Ciak Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 6 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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