The Night of the Shooting Stars

Year: 1982

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: Italian

Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

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The Night of San Lorenzo, known in Italian folklore as the night of the shooting stars when wishes are said to come true, provides the backdrop for a 1944 tale of war‑torn Italy. A band of locals abandons their village after rumors spread that the Nazis intend to destroy it and that American forces are poised to arrive and liberate them, prompting a desperate escape through a landscape scarred by conflict.

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