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The Way We Laughed (2001)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:18

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Nov 21, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: A working class illiterate, Giovanni (Enrico Lo Verso), takes in his younger brother Pietro (Francesco Giuffrida). Sicilians displaced in late 1950s Turin, Italy, they struggle to get by with... A working class illiterate, Giovanni (Enrico Lo Verso), takes in his younger brother Pietro (Francesco Giuffrida). Sicilians displaced in late 1950s Turin, Italy, they struggle to get by with Giovanni working odd jobs while he pressures Pietro to keep with his studies. An economic shift in Italy sends the two brothers along decidedly different paths. The moralistic Giovanni finds himself profiting from the boom through ill-gotten gains while the irresponsible Pietro sticks with his schooling and becomes a respected teacher. Their roles now completely reversed, Pietro proves himself a responsible adult by covering for the corrupt actions of his brother. Writer-director Gianni Amelio (L'AMERICA) presents this six-part saga about the economic influence on family roles and values. Each part is titled with a one-word theme such as "Blood" or "Money." These sections comprise one day in each of the story's six years, using subtleties of character and plot to relate the account of the two brothers. A work rich in emotion, THE WAY WE LAUGHED deftly weaves the tales of individuals, family, and a nation into one cohesive narrative. [More]

Starring: Enrico Lo Verso, Francesco Giuffrida, Fabrizio Gifuni, Rosaria Danze

Starring: Enrico Lo Verso, Francesco Giuffrida, Fabrizio Gifuni, Rosaria Danze, Claudio Contartarse, Domenico Raguso, Simonetta Benozzo, Pietro Paglietti, Paolo Sena, Corrado Borsa

Director: Gianni Amelio

Director: Gianni Amelio
Screenwriter: Gianni Amelio
Producer: Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Rita Cecchi Gori
Studio: New Yorker Films

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05/19/04
Colin Covert
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It's a damn impressive trick to build a film around narrative frustration and not cause your audience to run out screaming.

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12/08/02
Saul Austerlitz
Saul Austerlitz
Film Threat

To watch Gianni Amelio's luminous The Way We Laughed is to reconnect with Italian cinema in all its richness of emotion and command of expressive gesture.

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08/15/02
Kevin Thomas
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A haunting, richly textured film that, like the Italian director's unforgettable Lamerica, dramatizes the plight of poverty on an epic scale.

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06/14/02
Damon Smith
Damon Smith
Boston Globe
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An unusual, tremendously moving film that nicely assumes we can read between the pictures.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
05/24/02
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
Oregonian

Amelio ... understands the loneliness, suspicion and uncertainty that plague immigrants in a land where they can't get familiar work or speak a familiar tongue.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
05/10/02
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

It’s tragic, sad and deeply moving.

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03/23/02
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Apollo Guide

... a masterpiece about filial love and the horrors of poverty.

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03/21/02
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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This is the kind of European film you rarely see anymore, with characters and circumstances that are easily debatable. Two viewers may never reach the same conclusion about the film.

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02/08/02
Marta Barber
Marta Barber
Miami Herald

Beautifully made and performed, this is a film of considerable insight into both the life of the impoverished and the mystery of human personality.

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02/07/02
David Ehrenstein
David Ehrenstein
New Times

The absorbing tale, in the rich dialect of Southern Italy (and not in standard Italian), is ... well-written and acted.

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12/09/01
Maria Garcia
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International

The making of this picture is so sure that hope for Amelio, for his future, is almost forced on us.

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12/05/01
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic
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More frustrating than gripping thanks to the fractured, often confusing narrative and the director's pro-pensity for extremely long takes.

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11/30/01
Frank Scheck
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It's hard to argue with the stunning lead performances by Enrico Lo Verso and Francesco Giuffrida.

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11/26/01
Bilge Ebiri
Bilge Ebiri
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All perspective on the characters and situations are dissolved, leaving the audience with little more than some lovely photography to enjoy.

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11/22/01
Jon Alon Walz
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