Night of the Shooting Stars

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2004 Filmcritic.com

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

  • 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

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