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The Night of the Shooting Stars

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The Night of the Shooting Stars

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Summary

A group of Italians flee their home town in 1944, fearing the Nazis are about to attack, but live in hope that they will be liberated by the Americans. Drama, starring Margarita Lozano and Claudio Bigagli

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Told as an extended flashback by a woman who was just six when Tuscany was liberated by the Allies, this pacifist drama draws on both the Taviani brothers' own memories of the summer of 1944 and their cinematic influences to create an unforgettable, neorealist fairy tale. Against the visual poetry, small instances of surrealist fantasy and warm moments of simple humanity, however, is set the horror of war, as the Nazis and their Italian collaborators deal peremptorily with the partisans undermining their defence of San Martino. Thus the film's glowing romanticism lies less in the hard-won victory than in the people's unity and indomitability.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameGalvano Omero AntonuttiConcettaMargarita LozanoDilvoPaolo HendelCeciliaMicol GuidelliCorradoClaudio BigagliNicolaMassimo BonettiIvanaNorma MartelliMaraEnrica Maria ModugnoRosannaSabina VannucchiPriestDario CantarelliOlintoSergio DaglianaRequiemGiuseppe Furia

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rolenameDirectorVittorio TavianiDirectorPaolo Taviani

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Languages

German | Italian

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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