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La nuit de San Lorenzo

Original title: La notte di San Lorenzo
  • 1982
  • R
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
4.9K
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La nuit de San Lorenzo (1982)
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In 1944, the residents of a small Italian town under Axis control flee their homes to seek out the liberating Allied forces.In 1944, the residents of a small Italian town under Axis control flee their homes to seek out the liberating Allied forces.In 1944, the residents of a small Italian town under Axis control flee their homes to seek out the liberating Allied forces.

  • Directors
    • Paolo Taviani
    • Vittorio Taviani
  • Writers
    • Paolo Taviani
    • Vittorio Taviani
    • Giuliani G. De Negri
  • Stars
    • Omero Antonutti
    • Margarita Lozano
    • Claudio Bigagli
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    4.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
    • Writers
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
      • Giuliani G. De Negri
    • Stars
      • Omero Antonutti
      • Margarita Lozano
      • Claudio Bigagli
    • 28User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Omero Antonutti
    Omero Antonutti
    • Galvano
    Margarita Lozano
    Margarita Lozano
    • Concetta
    Claudio Bigagli
    Claudio Bigagli
    • Corrado
    Massimo Bonetti
    • Nicola
    Norma Martelli
    • Ivana
    Enrica Maria Modugno
    Enrica Maria Modugno
    • Mara
    Sabina Vannucchi
    • Rosanna
    Dario Cantarelli
    Dario Cantarelli
    • Priest
    Sergi Dagliana
    • Olinto
    • (as Sergio Dagliana)
    Giuseppe Furia
    • Requiem
    Paolo Hendel
    • Dilvo
    Laura Mannucchi
    • Signora Naldini
    Rinaldo Mirannalti
    • Attorney Migliorati
    Donata Piacentini
    • Nicola's Mother
    Franco Piacentini
    • Nicola's Father
    Antonio Prester
    • Tuminello
    David Riondino
    • Giglioli
    Gianfranco Salemi
    • Man in the Bus
    • Directors
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
    • Writers
      • Paolo Taviani
      • Vittorio Taviani
      • Giuliani G. De Negri
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    User reviews28

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    9Chalker1123

    Terrifyingly Beautiful

    This film is an eye-opening look at Italian life during WWII. It reminds me of the stories my grandfather tells me of his life in 1930s Florence during the war, "We didn't have money for anything, not even water. The rich had it all." This movie shows us the sparseness of their lives, and the things that they still hold dear. There are scenes in which it is almost hard to watch, we are torn apart by the brutality of the war, but we are entranced by the people who are living through it. We meet ruthless fascists, and caring catholic priests and every moment describes to us the terrifying truth, and the hope that lets one continue. I could not imagine a more realistic, and emotional epic on the subject.
    8mjneu59

    a wartime reminiscence

    The fraternal filmmaking team of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani recall the closing days of World War II with mingled affection and pain, looking back at the fate of one small northern Italian village (ostensibly their own childhood home) set in the path of opposing armies. Combining their typically lyrical approach to storytelling with a remarkable feel for setting, the two directors follow a small group of villagers as they steal through enemy lines one night in an attempt to meet the advancing Allied troops. Seen through the rose-colored lens of memory, the Taviani brothers' episodic reminiscences take the horror (but not the hurt) out of battle, reducing all the bloodshed and rage to a poignant and distinctly recalled tragedy.
    7frankde-jong

    A flight turning into an odyssey

    "La notte di San Lorenzo" is from the heydays of the Taviani brothers (the first half of the 80s) but is in my eyes one of their weaker films from this period.

    It is situated near the end of the Second World War. The Germans are desperate and a cornered cat makes weird jumps. The inhabitants of a small Italian village decide not to wait for these weird jumps and travel in the direction where they believe the American liberators are.

    The journey becomes sort of an odyssey. Old stories are told and hidden secrets are revealed. I was especially touched by the story of the old widow and widower obliged to share a room and confessing their mutual love sixty years after the fact. Gabriel Carcia Marquez could have written it.

    The story is told as a bedstory from a mother to her child. When the film ends the child turns out te have been sleeping from the very beginning. So the mother has in fact told the story to herself .... or to us.
    8IndustriousAngel

    A magic and gripping experience

    There are many ways to portrait war, and the Tavianis choose a very circuitous one: By showing it through the eyes of a group of refugees - who, naturally, try to stay away from the fights as much as possible. Many of those refugees are real characters, with little stories of their own, so it's less a film about the actual WW2, but rather about how people react to war as a whole, how it can bring out the best (or worst) in a man and how it upsets everything you took for granted.

    One of the nicest things about "La notte di San Lorenzo" is how there's always something lovely or funny to be found - comic or beautiful situations under the direst of circumstances, even if the laughter dies in your throat a few seconds later when violence cruelly rises again. This film celebrates life and humanity itself!
    Eighties-2

    How terror was in Second World War

    If you want to know how Italians lived and felt in the Second World War, how they managed the terror, you have to watch this movie. Have you imagined your neighbors collaborating with the Nazi-Fascist army? Have you imagined can't trusting in your relatives? Have you imagined yourself being chased and having to run away on foot for kilometers? Well, most of us have never faced this situation (some of us did) and this movie is one portrait of what Nazism/Fascism was to Europe.

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    • Trivia
      The church scene, where Germans bomb the church full of people, was based on real life events that took place in San Miniato (the birthplace of Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani). However, more than two decades after this movie was made, the case was reopened and it was discovered, that the fatal bomb actually belonged to the American army, and hit the church accidentally.
    • Goofs
      A man, likely Dilvo, raises watermelon to his mouth with both hands, but in the next shot is eating it only with the right hand.
    • Connections
      Featured in Marcello Mastroianni, je me souviens (1997)

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    • Release date
      • October 20, 1982 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • The Night of the Shooting Stars
    • Filming locations
      • Empoli, Tuscany, Italy(church bombing scene on Piazza Farinata degli Uberti)
    • Production companies
      • RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
      • Ager Cinematografica
      • SACIS
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,257,307
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,414
      • Aug 16, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,257,307
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 47m(107 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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