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The thing you must do with this film is to somehow not watch its last minute. Up to that point, it is perfect in every way. Set in the mid-’60s, I Knew Her Well is about a young, vivacious, and very beautiful country gal, Adriana (Stefania Sandrelli), who moves to a big city, Rome, and tries to realize her celebrity, movie star, supermodel dreams. But she soon discovers that there is no way to the top that does not involve sex…

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...