Night of the Shooting Stars
As Germany falls to the Allies after WWII, a small Italian town is threatened with destruction, so its simple residents decide to pack up and leave. What follows is a hit-and-miss piece of nostalgia, with hapless villagers hopelessly out of their element and unsure of what to do and where to go. Post-war disillusionment has been done better in other films, but Night of the Shooting Stars' quaintness (alternately described as "operatic" by fans struggling to put a somewhat more elegant face on them) speaks to many looking for a simpler look at the effects of war on the world.
Aka La Notte di San Lorenzo.
Rating
3.0 out of 5 Stars
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- Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Producer: Giuliani G. De Negri
- Screenwriter: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Giuliani G. De Negri, Tonino Guerra
- Stars: Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli, Massimo Bonetti, Enrica Maria Modugno, Sabina Vannucchi, Giorgio Naddi, Renata Zamengo, Micol Guidelli, Massimo Sarchielli, Giovanni Guidelli, Mario Spallino, Paolo Hendel
- MPAA Rating: R
- Year of Release: 1982
- Released on Video: 04/01/2008
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