Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) ( La Notte di San Lorenzo ) ( The Night of San Lorenzo )

Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Notte di San Lorenzo
Alternate Title: The Night of San Lorenzo
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
107 min + 84 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1982 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Written By:
Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

Actors:
Omero Antonutti ..... Galvano
Margarita Lozano ..... Concetta
Claudio Bigagli ..... Corrado
Miriam Guidelli ..... Belindia
Massimo Bonetti ..... Nicola
Enrica Maria Modugno ..... Mara
Sabina Vannucchi ..... Rosanna
Giorgio Naddi ..... Bishop
Renata Zamengo ..... La Scardigli
Micol Guidelli ..... Cecilia
Massimo Sarchielli ..... Father Marmugi
Giovanni Guidelli ..... Marmugi Junior
Mario Spallino ..... Bruno
Paolo Hendel ..... Dilvo
Leila Amodeo ..... Woman in Canteen
Beatrice Bardelli ..... Fascist
Sauro Baschieri ..... Rosanna as a child
Samanta Boi ..... Fascist
Luca Canadri ..... Priest
Dario Cantarelli ..... Olinto
Sergi Dagliana ..... Rosanna's Fascist Cousin
Andrea De Bari ..... Gino
Marco Fastame ..... Requiem
Giuseppe Furia ..... Signora Migliorati
Graziella Galvani ..... Egisto
Edoardo Gazzetti ..... Ruggero
Carlo Gensini ..... Belindia's Father
Vinicio Gioli ..... Gudo
Andrea Giuntini ..... Old Peasant Woman
Evelina Gori ..... Renata
Antonella Guidelli ..... Duilio
Mirio Guidelli ..... Alfredina
Titta Guidelli ..... Fascist
Giuseppe Lo Parco ..... Signora Naldini
Laura Mannucchi ..... Fascist
Gianni Mantelli ..... Ivana
Norma Martelli ..... Naldini
Guido Marziali ..... Woman of the Mountain
Luciana Mattioli ..... Attorney Migliorati
Rinaldo Mirannalti ..... Dante
Mauro Monni ..... Family Member on the Road
Carla Montemagno ..... Family Member on the Road
Lorenzo Montemagno ..... Family Member on the Road
Vito Montemagno ..... Seminarist
Gianfranco Morandi ..... Fascist
Walter Pardini ..... Nicola's Mother
Donata Piacentini ..... Nicola's Father
Franco Piacentini ..... Old Peasant Woman's Niece
Roberta Pinzauti ..... Tuminello
Antonio Prester ..... Singing German
Paolo Ricchi ..... Migliorati's Daughter
Beatrice Righini ..... Giglioli
David Riondino ..... Man in the Bus
Gianfranco Salemi ..... Rosanna's Friend
Alessandra Toesca ..... Rosanna's Friend
Maria Toesca ..... Fascist
Daniele Trambusti ..... Rosanna's Friend
Titti Travaglino ..... Peasant
Giuseppe Valdisserra

Synopsis:

In Tuscan lore, the evening of August 10th is la notte di san lorenzo (the night of the shooting stars). Each of these stars is believed to grant one wish. In this celebrated film by Italy's Taviani brothers, a woman asks for the words to tell her son about that same night during the last days of World War II. The Nazis occupied Italy and the fascists had mined her small Tuscan village of San Martino. Skeptical of the fascists' promise that all peasants will be safe in San Martino's cathedral, a group of villagers opt to leave and search for the Italian partisans and advancing American forces. Among those to depart is the woman, then only six years old. La Notte di San Lorenzo is the story of the villagers' remarkable exodus, the fate of those left behind, and the partisan struggle against fascism - lyrically intertwined with their thoughts, loves, fears, and memories, as well as the fantasies of a young girl experiencing the tragedy she perceives to be her greatest adventure.

The film follows several inhabitants of the Italian town during the end of World War II. Defeat is certain for the Germans, and the front is retreating back to Germany, leaving a path of destruction in their wake. The Germans plan to bomb several buildings in the town, and have told all the villagers to congregate in the town's church. Approximately half of the town decides to stay, and place their trust in the church. The rest of the town dresses in dark clothing, and go out to seek the Americans, who are rumored to be nearby, liberating towns as they come to them.

The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 February, 2012.