At the 32nd Haifa International Film Festival, a movie by Vittorio De Sica, with Fabio Testi, Helmut Berger, Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Romolo Valli.
Amid the ravages of WWII, the Finzi-Continis, a cultured Jewish family, languish in aristocratic splendor on their lavish estate in Ferrara. As the political atmosphere becomes increasingly hostile to the Jews, the handsome and carefree Finzi-Contini children, Micol and Alberto, turn their home into a refuge for their young friends.
Vittorio De Sica won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for this late masterpiece, nostalgic for a way of life now lost forever.
Filmography: Woman Times Seven (1967), Marriage Italian Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Umberto D. (1952), Miracle in Milan (1951), Shoeshine (1946).
Restored Digital Copy
In Italian, with Hebrew & English subtitles.
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2016, at 18.00
Tikotin Museum, Auditorium Raphael
Shderot HaNassì 89