We, the Women

We, the Women
Directed byGianni Franciolini
Alfredo Guarini
Roberto Rossellini
Luchino Visconti
Luigi Zampa
Written byCesare Zavattini
Luigi Chiarini
Giorgio Prosperi
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Produced byAlfredo Guarini
StarringAlida Valli
Ingrid Bergman
Isa Miranda
Anna Magnani
CinematographyOtello Martelli
Gábor Pogány
Domenico Scala
Enzo Serafin
Edited byJolanda Benvenuti
Eraldo Da Roma
Adriana Novelli
Mario Serandrei
Music byAlessandro Cicognini
Distributed byTitanus Distribuzione (Italy)
Release dates
22 October 1953 (Italy)
October 1954 (UK)
October 6, 1958 (U.S.)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

We, the Women (also known as Of Life and Love and in Italian: Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors.[1] Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the private lives of the film actresses Alida Valli, Ingrid Bergman, Isa Miranda, and Anna Magnani.[2] The fifth segment, which is shown as the prologue and titled "Concorso: 4 Attrici; 1 Speranza", is about a casting for the film.

It was shot at the Farnesina Studios of Titanus in Rome. The sets were designed by the art director Gianni Polidori.

  1. ^ McElhaney, Joe (2021-02-02). Luchino Visconti and the Fabric of Cinema. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-4309-8.
  2. ^ Bacon, Henry (1998-03-28). Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-59960-3.