The story is about an old aristocratic Jewish family Finzi-Contini and their decay in the time of Mussolini and the WW 2. The members of the family live isolated on their estate and are not very much interested in political events. However, they will soon affect them… A powerful film by De Sica, based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani (who cowrote the script but later withdrew from the project). The film won an Oscar as the best foreign film in 1972.
CYCLE: FILM
From 18.02. To 01.03.2003.
Program of films by Vittorio De Sica
Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini
feature film, 1970
DIRECTED BY: Vittorio De Sica
CAST:
Dominique Sanda,
Lino Capolicchio,
Helmut Berger
SCRIPT:
Cesare Zavattini,
Vittorio Bonicelli,
Ugo Pirro (scenarij na temelju novele <i>Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini</i> Giorgia Bassania)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ennio Guarnieri
Synopsis:
color, 95 min