Marvelously enjoyable...wondrously atmospheric.
—Film Comment
An amazing piece of cinema...I loved every minute of it...Alida Valli has the same kind of quality on-screen as Garbo—just magical—what a performance! I think you will also fall under the spell of this film.
—Michael Medved/Sneak Previews
(An) ambitious and ingenious film.
—Caryn James/New York Times
Place WE THE LIVING on the top of your "must-see" movie list...a romantic and powerfully-dramatic experience never likely to be forgotten...WE THE LIVING has the power to enslave the heart and the emotions. It's a wonderful film.
—Bill Collins/Daily Mirror (Sydney)
A whale of a show...delivers the high priced goods with style.
—J. Rosenbaum/Chicago Reader
Engrossing, lushly mounted, well acted.
—Seattle Times
There is a mythic sweep to we the living, a sense of history crossing a major transitional point, of lives forever altered...one of the most engrossing, moving, occasionally infuriating films to come along in a very long time.
—Nels Ericson/NYC Tribune
A terrific picture...(Ayn Rand's) a whiz at plot...a love triangle that would do Puccini proud...WE THE LIVING lives.
—RG/Toronto Globe and Mail
Here's a film of real humanity, a glorious piece of romantic drama that exemplifies the very best of Italian cinema.
—Paul LePetit/Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)
One of the most exciting movies to come along in years.
—Jay Carr/Boston Globe
WE THE LIVING qualifies in every respect as film treasure...dazzling performances... Director Alessandrini brilliantly blends glamour, romance, politics, intrigue and danger...this is a film that avoids the predictable every step of the way...one of the best movies of the year.
—Mike McGrady/New York Newsday
Grand and lavish entertainment
—Variety
Hugely entertaining...a swanky historical romance.
—Los Angeles Times
The Casablanca of wartime Italy...It's a superior epic romance, a masterpiece.
--Donald Lyons/Details
The film [is] squarely in the tradition of great sentimental dramas such as Gone With the Wind and focuses the attention on romance rather than ideology.
—Helle Bering-Jensen/Insight
It has a passion that is undeniably moving.
—London Morning Star
A colossal love story...masterfully constructed plot.
—Miami News
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