The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis is a 1970 historical war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay by Ugo Pirro and Vittorio Bonicelli adapts Italian Jewish author Giorgio Bassani's 1962 semi-autobiographical novel, about the lives of an upper-class Jewish family in Ferrara during the Fascist era. The film stars Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Romolo Valli, and Fabio Testi in his breakthrough role.
Plot
In 1938 in Ferrara, the Finzi-Continis are a rich Jewish family living in a mansion set within a walled park. When Jews are banned from the city's tennis club, the family allow the friends of their two children, Micòl and the sickly Alberto, to use their private tennis court. Among them are Giorgio, son of a Jewish businessman, and Giampiero, a communist and a gentile. Giorgio has been in love with Micòl since early adolescence, but she is ambivalent.
Awards
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| author | Cesare Zavattini Franco Brusati Ugo Pirro Vittorio Bonicelli |
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| award | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film David di Donatello for Best Film Golden Bear |
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Vittorio De Sica |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | ban climb hang italian jews jewish jewish family police arrest soviet union tennis court |
| musicBy | Manuel De Sica |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay International Submission to the Academy Awards |
| producer | Arthur Cohn Artur Brauner Gianni Hecht Lucari |
| productionCompany | CCC Film |
| publisher | Titanus |