Night of the shooting stars [videorecording] / a co-production of RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana and Ager Cinematografica, a Sacis presentation ; produced by Giuliani G. De Negri ; screenplay by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani and Giuliana G. De Negri ; with the collaboration of Tonino Guerra ; a film by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani.
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. Booklet container essay by Italian cinema expert Peter Bondanella. Special features: "Talking about cinema: Taviani Brothers." Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano.
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.
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