We All Loved Each Other So Much - Characters & Cast

Driven by a deep-seated ambition for success, wealth, and social status, even at the cost of his personal relationships and political ideals.

Gianni begins as an idealistic law student and partisan fighter. Post-war, his ambition leads him down a path of moral compromise. He leaves Luciana for a strategic marriage to Elide, the daughter of a corrupt construction magnate, ensuring his wealth and success. He abandons his socialist principles, becoming a successful but cynical and lonely man, ultimately alienated from his old friends and his former self.

To live a simple, decent life, maintain his friendships, and find love and stability. He is motivated by a fundamental sense of loyalty and a good heart.

Antonio is the most grounded and consistently principled of the group. He starts as a hospital orderly and remains one throughout his life, representing the steadfast, working-class conscience of the trio. He experiences heartbreak and disappointment, particularly in his unrequited love for Luciana, but finds a measure of contentment in a simple life with his family. He remains true to his leftist ideals, though he is less vocal and intellectual about them than Nicola.

A passionate and uncompromising belief in his political and cultural ideals, particularly the power of cinema to reflect truth and enact social change.

Nicola is a passionate, intellectual idealist, and a fervent cinephile. His refusal to compromise his rigid political and artistic beliefs leads to professional and personal failure. He loses his teaching job over an argument about the film "Bicycle Thieves," leaves his family, and moves to Rome to become a critic, only to struggle in poverty. He represents the tragedy of uncompromising idealism in a world that rewards pragmatism, becoming a bitter and disillusioned dreamer.

Initially driven by the dream of becoming a successful actress, she is ultimately seeking love, stability, and a sense of belonging.

Luciana is the woman who all three men love at various points. An aspiring actress, she is a symbol of their shared desires and the object over which their friendship fractures. Her own life is one of struggle and disappointment; her dreams of stardom never materialize. She moves from a relationship with Antonio to a passionate affair with Gianni, and is later cared for by Nicola. Ultimately, she finds a quiet life with Antonio, representing a retreat from grand ambitions to simple, reliable affection.