"One of the greatest films of the 1980's." - Film Threat
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Set during the summer of 1944 in a small Tuscan town caught between the threat of destruction by retreating German forces and the advancing American army, this is a bedtime story told by a mother to her child. A recollection of her experience during the war which takes on the quality of fairytale as seen through the eyes of a six year old. In it, the Tavianis create some of their most lyrical and poetic cinema.
Film critic Richard Pena introduces the Films of the Taviani Brothers (Night of the Shooting Stars, Padre Padrone, Kaos).
The Taviani Brothers reflect on their careers, and their work on Night of the Shooting Stars.
