Fiorile 1993  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan, Lino Capolicchio, Constanze Engelbrecht, Athina Cenci, Giovanni Guidelli, Norma Martelli, Pier Paolo Capponi, Laurent Schilling, Chiara Caselli, Renato Carpentieri, Carlo Luca De Ruggieri, Paul Muller, Dominique Proust
In the late 18th century, Elisabetta Benedetti (Galatea Ranzi) puts a curse on the Benedetti family after her lover Jean (Michael Vartan) is executed for a crime committed by her brother Corrado (Claudio Bigagli). Over the next two centuries, the family has gained and lost wealth and is hated by their neighbors. Now, Luigi (Lino Capolicchio), his wife Juliette (Constanze Engelbrecht), and their children visit Luigi's father Massimo (also played by Vartan) who has frittered away the family fortune. Massimo relates the story of the family's misfortunes to the children, and he just may hold the key to removing the curse, or will he pass it on to them?
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The Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Omero Antonutti, Micol Guidelli, Miriam Guidelli, Claudio Bigagli, Margarita Lozano, Massimo Bonetti, Norma Martelli, Enrica Maria Modugno, Sabina Vannucchi, Giorgio Naddi, Renata Zamengo, Massimo Sarchielli
In 1944, the Germans retreated from the Italian town of San Marino. Galvano (Omero Antonutti) leads a group of townspeople to the safety of darkness outside the town where they wait while the German soldiers retreat, and the American soldiers march in.
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| 1. Fiorile (1993)
2. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
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