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The Night of San Lorenzo

Special Programs in Focus

Family · War · Comedy

CountryItaly
Production Year1982
Running Time105min
Format35mm
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

As WWII draws to a close, a small Italian town is threatened with German occupation and decides to evacuate. This is a simple story that tracks a group of villagers and their priest, lost in the proverbial wilderness of their own home and unsure of what to do. The disillusionment of the years following the war is reflected in a truly operatic film that reaches beyond its narrative boundaries and addresses the effects of the war on the broader world at large.

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)