| Description |
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Italian dialogue, optional English or Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982. |
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Booklet contains essay by Italian cinema expert Peter Bondanella. |
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Special features: Talking about cinema: Taviani Brothers interview (84 min., from the series Il Cinema Italiano : Testimonziane e protagonisti). |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano. |
| Credits |
Fotografia, Franco Di Giacomo ; music, Nicola Piovan ; sound, Hubrecht Nijhuis ; montaggio, Roberto Perpignani. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
It is the Night of San Lorenzo, the night when dreams come true. While watching shooting stars, Cecilia tells her son about a similar night in 1944, when she was six years old, and the residents of San Martino, her small Tuscan hometown, struggled against Nazi oppression during the final days of WWII. |
| Awards |
1982 Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Jury, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Golden Palm ; 1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA: Best Film, Best Director ; 1984 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Film, Best Director ; 1983 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Best Director, Best Screenplay ; 1983 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics: Best Foreign Film ; 1983 David di Donatello Awards: Alitalia Award, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Producer. |
| Subject |
Dreams -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Meteors -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mothers and sons -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Italy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Italy -- History -- 1914-1945 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (ITALIAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
De Negri, Giuliani G.
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Taviani, Paolo, 1931-
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Taviani, Vittorio, 1929-
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Guerra, Tonino.
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Antonutti, Omero, 1935-
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Lozano, Margarita.
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Bondanella, Peter E., 1943-
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Radiotelevisione italiana.
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Ager Cinematografica (Firm)
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SACIS (Firm)
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Koch Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Night of the shooting stars |
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Notte de San Lorenzo |
| ISBN |
1417201665 |
| Standard No. |
741952315094 |
| Music No. |
KLF-DV-3150 Koch Entertainment |
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