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The Night of the Shooting Stars(Movie, 1982)

Original title: "La notte di San Lorenzo" (Italian/IT)
1h 45min | Genres: War, Drama
The Night of the Shooting StarsRating: 3.5/5 (with 4646 votes)
The Night of the Shooting Stars (UK: The Night of San Lorenzo, Italian: La Notte di San Lorenzo) is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Tonino Guerra, and Vittorio Taviani. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Special Grand Prix. The film was selected by Italy as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Night of the Shooting Stars

David di Donatello for Best Film Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival) David di Donatello for Best Director

About The Night of the Shooting Stars

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.

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Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) - Trailer(Trailer, 1:47)

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Additional Information

Production country: Italy
Shot in: Florence
Plays in: Tuscany
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: German (DE), Italian (IT)
Translated into 18 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/16/1982
Screenwriter: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Tonino Guerra
Film Editor: Roberto Perpignani
Director of Photography: Franco Di Giacomo
Composer: Nicola Piovani
Costume designer: Lina Nerli Taviani
Production Designer: Gianni Sbarra
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Night of San Lorenzo"
"로렌조의 밤"

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