Release Details
Title: The Night of the Shooting Stars
Release Date: 04/01/2008 Label/Distributor: Koch Lorber Rating: Unrated Retail Price: $26.98 Genre: Art House & International Cast: Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano Director: Paulo and Vittorio Taviani Running Time: 103 DVD Video Options: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video DVD Audio Options: Italian, Subtitled; Italian, Original Language UPC Code: 741952315094 From internationally celebrated directors Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Padre Padrone) comes this "extraordinary" film (Los Angeles Times) about a Tuscan village struggling against Nazi oppression during the final days of World War II. It is the Night of San Lorenzo, the night when dreams come true. While watching shooting stars, Cecilia tells her son about a similar night in 1944, when she was six years old, and the residents of San Martino, her small Tuscan town, defied their Nazi occupiers. DVD EXTRA: "Talking About Cinema: Taviani Brothers" (84-minute interview by Carlo Lizzani) Also includes an 8-page booklet with essay by Italian cinema expert Peter Bondanella. ADVERTISEMENT BUY THIS DVD NOW on Amazon.com |
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