The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
- Original title
- Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini
- Year
- 1970
- Running time
- 92 min.
- Country
- Italy
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Dominique Sanda
- Lino Capolicchio
- Helmut Berger
- Romolo Valli
- Fabio Testi
- Camillo Cesarei
- Inna Alexeief
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Italy-Germany;
- Genre
- Drama | Historical. 1930s
- Synopsis
- In the late 1930s, in Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading families, wealthy, aristocratic, urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a circle of friends for constant rounds of tennis and parties at their villa with its lovely grounds, keeping the rest of the world at bay. Into the circle steps Giorgio, a Jew from the middle class who falls in love with Micol. She seems to toy with him, and even makes love to one of his friends while she knows Giorgio is watching. While his love cannot seem to break through to her to draw her out of her garden idyll, the forces of politics close in.
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- Awards
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1971: Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture. 2 Nominations1971: Berlin Film Festival: Golden Bear, Interfilm - Otto Dibelius Award1972: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Cinematography1970: David di Donatello Awards: Best Film (ex-aequo) and Special David1971: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Five Foreing Films.
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