The Night of the Shooting Stars
Aka "The Night of San Lorenzo". During the final days of World War II, a small town in Italy finds its residents divided into two factions - those who seek freedom and those who distrust the Allied liberators. Combining wartime atrocity, comedic interludes and hallucinatory magic realism, this touching tale moves effortlessly through a universal story of human joy and sadness under duress at a particular moment of history. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
Year: 1982
Genre: Foreign Language Films, Italian Cinema, Best of the 1980s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: Italy
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Starring: Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Norma Martel
Duration: 107 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains low level violence.
Subtitles: Yes
7.5/10
Location in store: Foreign (Italy)
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