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The Night of the Shooting Stars
La notte di San Lorenzo
Directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
1982•1h 45m•R•★ 7.1
Drama / Fantasy / War
Synopsis
Recounted by a mother to her sleeping child on the magical summer Night of San Lorenzo when shooting stars grant wishes, the film dramatizes the summer of 1944 in Tuscany when villagers defied the Nazi order to gather in the cathedral and fled into the golden wheat fields searching for the approaching American liberators, clashing in a surreal, tragic battle with local Blackshirt fascists. Paolo & Vittorio Taviani's Cannes Grand Prix-winning lyrical folk epic.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorPaolo TavianiVittorio Taviani
WriterPaolo TavianiTonino GuerraVittorio TavianiGiuliani G. De Negri
CinematographyFranco Di Giacomo
MusicNicola Piovani
Principal Cast
Omero AntonuttiGalvano
Margarita LozanoConcetta
Claudio BigagliCorrado
Massimo BonettiNicola
Enrica Maria ModugnoMara
Sabina VannucchiRosanna
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Miriam GuidelliBelindiaGN
Giorgio NaddiBishopTechnical Specifications
Runtime1h 45m (105 mins)
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DirectorPaolo & Vittorio Taviani
LanguagesItalian
CountryIT
StudioAger Cinematografica • RAI
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