The night of the shooting stars is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. After hearing rumours of an impending Nazi plot to blow up their town, a group of Italians flee.
Directed by
Paolo Taviani; Vittorio Taviani.
Written by
Paolo Taviani (story); Vittorio Taviani (story).
Starring
Omero Antonutti (Galvano); Margarita Lozano (Concetta); Claudio Bigagli (Corrado); Miriam Guidelli (Belindia); Massimo Bonetti (Nicola); Enrica Maria Modugno (Mara); Sabina Vannucchi (Rosanna); Giorgio Naddi (Bishop); Renata Zamengo (La Scardigli); Micol Guidelli (Cecilia); Massimo Sarchielli (Father Marmugi); Giovanni Guidelli (Marmugi Junior); Mario Spallino (Bruno); Paolo Hendel (Dilvo). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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Boring - and with a couple of unnecessary sexual references
Mark Banks (United Kingdom)
Opinion: Not Recommended
I should've known better than to select this title largely on the basis of its romantic-sounding title and the fact that it was set in rural Italy - those two things by no means guarantee a good film; as La Notte di San Lorenzo provides ample evidence for. I felt this film was boring; the characters were completely forgettable, apart from one strange young girl, and the story just wasn't even there in the first place. As mentioned above, there were also a couple of random and completely unnecessary sexual references that appeared to have been put in out of nowhere. One to avoid.
