Il sole anche di notte = Night sun / Giuliani G. De Negri presenta un film di Paolo e Vittorio Taviani ; FILMTRE con la collaborazione di RAIUNO, Radiotelevisione Italiana ; distribuzione internazionale SACIS ; CAPOUL [and others] ; sceneggiatura di Paolo e Vittorio Taviani ; collaborazione alla sceneggiatura di Tonino Guerra.
Julian Sands, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Massimo Bonetti, Margarita Lozano, Patricia Millardet, Rüdiger Vogler, Pamela Villoresi, Nastassja Kinski. Loosely based on the short story Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990. "Una coproduzione italo-franco-tedesca." 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation. Special features: theatrical trailer; filmographies of the Tavianis, Nastassja Kinski, Julian Sands; Wellspring weblink.
Summary:
Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king's mistress, leaves Naples in disgust to become a monk. But his quest for perfect solitude is constantly interrupted by visitors hearing rumors that Sergio possesses miraculous powers, and by women who bet each other that they can successfully seduce him.
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