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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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    7timmerd

    Ragged, but affecting

    I recently spent two weeks near San Miniato (home town of the directors and setting for the film), so part of this film's charm for me was to revisit the beautiful Tuscan countryside. But it is also a moving portrayal of a painful moment in Italian history, as the advancing Allies, the retreating Germans, the Fascist Blackshirts, the anti-Fascist partisans, and deserters from the Italian Army all converge on a small hilltop town in Tuscany (called "San Martino" in the film). Meanwhile, ordinary civilians just try to survive and keep their dignity. Some of the townspeople accept the Germans' offer of sanctuary with the bishop in the cathedral; others strike out across the countryside to find the Americans. Each group faces the unanticipated consequences of their choices. I have the feeling that many of the actors were non-professionals - entire families appear in the cast list - and the editing & special effects are also kept very simple. (There's a great deal of violence, but almost no cinematic "blood and gore.") But perhaps that's in keeping with the somewhat "naive" perspective that the film strives for - the story is told through the eyes of an eight-year old girl. For a book that focuses on the same region and period, I'd recommend Iris Origo's "War in Val d'Orcia."
    howard.schumann

    A very personal experience of the horrors of war

    The Night of the Shooting Stars is the semi-autobiographical recollection by the Taviani Brothers of the night when a group of peasants in a small Tuscan village left their homes that had been mined by the Fascists to look for liberating American soldiers rumored to be on the outskirts. Set on the night of the Feast of St. Lawrence in the closing days of World War II, and enhanced by a haunting score by Nicola Piovani, the film is a tragi-comic glimpse of what the war was like to an impressionable child filtered through years of memory. It is essentially a series of vignettes combining fact, memory, and poetic imagination told in flashback by a mother recalling her days as a 6-year old girl named Cecilia caught in the middle of war.

    The film focuses on the nature of a conflict in which life long friends from the same village are often engaged in the struggle on different sides. Especially vivid is a scene involving a battle in a wheat field between the villagers and home grown Fascists, and a heart wrenching confrontation between the partisans and a father with his 15-year old son. There are many other poignant moments as well: a young couple expecting a child, the village priest who is a collaborator, and an elderly couple rekindling a romance started when they were adolescents.

    Night of the Shooting Stars pays homage to the tradition of neo-realism, but also includes surrealistic moments such as when the young girl sees the partisans as Greek warriors, while the Fascist who threatens her life falls dead, pierced by multiple spears. Though Night of the Shooting Stars suffers from overacting, its unique approach allows us to see war as a very personal experience with all of its sadness and cruelty. It was also gratifying to see Americans being held in high esteem, an experience we haven't enjoyed much of recently.
    6claudio_carvalho

    A Very Personal Experience in World War II in a Realistic Movie

    In the World War II, part of the citizens of the Italian Tuscan town of San Martino decide to leave their homes in the night of San Lorenzo, escaping from the Germans, and searching for the Americans. In the way, they fight against the Fascists, and most of them survive. The story is told by the character Cecilia, an unpleasant six years old girl at that time. Yesterday I watched this famous movie for the first time. I do not know whether was the high expectation I had, but I find it too personal and disappointing. The amateurish cast has not passed emotion to me. The story is very simple and too personal and has not engaged me. I would not like to be unfair, but I have not seen anything special in this small budget realistic movie. I usually do not read any comment of a film before writing mine, but I read the review of Howard Schumann (Vancouver, B.C) and I found it excellent. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): `A Noite de São Lourenço' (`The Night of San Lorenzo')
    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.
    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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    Box office

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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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