The Night of the Shooting Stars

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The Night of the Shooting Stars is a 1982 Italian film by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani that blends memory, fantasy, and wartime reality as it follows villagers fleeing Nazi-occupied Tuscany during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian film
drama film
film
war film
award Best Director at the 1982 David di Donatello Awards
Best Film at the 1982 David di Donatello Awards
Best Screenplay at the 1982 David di Donatello Awards
cinematographyBy Giuseppe Lanci NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
criticalReception widely acclaimed
depicts Nazi occupation of Italy
director Paolo Taviani NERFINISHED
Vittorio Taviani NERFINISHED
distributor Gaumont NERFINISHED
editedBy Roberto Perpignani NERFINISHED
filmFestivalAward FIPRESCI Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
Grand Prix at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival
genre drama
fantasy
war
hasCastMember Claudio Bigagli NERFINISHED
Enrica Maria Modugno NERFINISHED
Giovanni Guidelli NERFINISHED
Margarita Lozano NERFINISHED
Massimo Bonetti NERFINISHED
Micol Guidelli NERFINISHED
Omero Antonutti NERFINISHED
hasTheme childhood perspective on war
memory
myth and reality
war and occupation
language Italian
musicBy Nicola Piovani NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle blend of memory, fantasy, and wartime reality
narrator adult version of the child protagonist
originalTitle La notte di San Lorenzo NERFINISHED
partOfFilmMovement Italian cinema of the 1980s
plotFocus villagers fleeing Nazi-occupied Tuscany
productionCompany Gaumont NERFINISHED
Rai NERFINISHED
releaseDateItaly 1982-09-10
releaseYear 1982
runningTimeMinutes 107
setInPeriod World War II
setInRegion Tuscany NERFINISHED
settingCountry Italy NERFINISHED
writer Paolo Taviani NERFINISHED
Vittorio Taviani NERFINISHED

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