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Fiorile

Special Programs in Focus

Love/Romance · Social Criticism · History

CountryItaly,France,Germany
Production Year1993
Running Time118min
Format35mm
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

Spanning two centuries of Italian history, Fiorile slots in seamlessly with the Taviani brothers career-long fixation with the working class and the power of wealth to corrupt. While traveling to Tuscany to see their grandfather, two children hear the 200-year old origins of how their family the Benedetti?the blessed?came to be referred to as Maledettis?the cursed. Beginning with Napoleon’s invasion of Italy, the history of the family fortune is revealed as well as the tragedy that complemented it. A thought-provoking and ambitious allegory on modern society.

Director

Paolo Taviani

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani were both born in San Miniato di Pisa, Iraly, and studied at the University of Pisa; Paolo studied liberal arts and Vittorio law. The sons of an anti- Fascist lawyer, the brothers shot to international renown with their first short film, San Miniato, luglio ′44(1954), about Nazi atrocities in their home town. The brothers traditionally collaborate on screenplays and direct alternating scenes onset. Known for a theatrical, quansi-neorealist technique, the Tavianis insist their films are dramatic, reinterpretations of history that focus on the Tuscan working class. Their joint filmography includes I Sovversivi(1967), The Palme d′Or-winning Padre Padrone(1977), The Night of San Loreuzo(1982), Chaos(1984), Good Morning Babylon(1987), Fiorile(1993), Risurrezione(2001), And The Lake Farm(2007)