The Night of the Shooting Stars(La notte di San Lorenzo)
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Italy · 1982
Rated R · 1h 45m
Director Vittorio Taviani
Starring Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Miriam Guidelli
Genre War, Drama
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The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.
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