1982 · war · drama · italian
The Night of the Shooting Stars
Directed by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani1h 45m1982
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.
Our read: The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive war · drama · italian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured war / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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