The Night of the Shooting Stars

“One of the greatest films of the 1980s!”—Film Threat

An art-house triumph in the 1980s, the Taviani brothers’ The Night of the Shooting Stars makes a long overdue return to movie screens thanks to a recent restoration of this forgotten classic. Based on recollections from the directors’ childhoods, the film is set in the Tuscan countryside during the last days of WWII. Full of haunting imagery and overwhelming yet nuanced emotions, the film chronicles—through the perspective of a young girl—the efforts of a diverse group of townspeople who set out to greet the advancing Allied forces while seeking refuge from Nazi and fascist atrocities. (107 mins., DCP)