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Movie Info
This classic Italian drama, based on the book of the same name by Giorgio Bassani, focuses on the intellectual Finzi-Contini family, Jewish aristocrats who live on an idyllic estate. Siblings Alberto and Micol Finzi-Contini (Helmut Berger, Dominique Sanda) regularly hold parties with their friends, largely sheltered from the growing anti-Semitism in their country. When the Fascist movement becomes stronger, however, it affects everyone in the orbit of the family.
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Rating: R
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Genre: Drama, War
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Original Language: Italian
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Director: Vittorio De Sica
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Producer: Arthur Cohn, Artur Brauner
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Writer: Giorgio Bassani, Vittorio Bonicelli, Franco Brusati, Vittorio De Sica
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $753.7K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Home Vision Entertainment
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Production Co: CCC Filmkunst GmbH
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Sound Mix: Stereo, Mono
Cast & Crew

Helmut Berger
Alberto

Lino Capolicchio
Giorgio

Dominique Sanda
Micòl Finzi Contini

Fabio Testi
Bruno Malnate

Romolo Valli
Giorgio's Father

Camillo Cesarei
Micol's Father

Inna Alexeieff
Micol's grandmother

Barbara Pilavin
Giorgio's Mother

Katina Morisani
Micol's Mother

Ettore Geri
Micol's butler

Camillo Angelini-Rota
Prof. Ermanno Finzi-Contini

Raffaele Curi
Ernesto

Katina Viglietti
Olga Finzi-Contini

Vittorio De Sica
Director

Giorgio Bassani
Writer

Vittorio Bonicelli
Writer

Franco Brusati
Writer

Vittorio De Sica
Writer

Fausto Saraceni
Executive Producer

Arthur Cohn
Producer

Artur Brauner
Producer

Bill Conti
Original Music

Manuel De Sica
Original Music

Ennio Guarnieri
Cinematographer

Adriana Novelli
Film Editing

Jose Villaverde
Casting

Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni
Production Design

Mario Chiari
Production Design

Antonio Randaccio
Costume Design
Critic Reviews for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Audience Reviews for The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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Jan 13, 2010Each country has their WWII legacy, but the Italian auteurs transform their collective experience into cinematic political testaments. In the Finzi-Contini passover scene, Alberto's presentiment about the war is that the 'good' side will win. The irony, reality, and horror is that any faction, be it Fascism, Nazism, Communism, faithfully believes it is fighting for the 'good.' Giorgio's father also says that we all die at least once; it's better to do so when you are young, so you can rebuild, recreate. Powerful messages with profound implications.
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Nov 26, 2009There's so much going on in this film, from the symbolism of the garden to the relationship between Micol and Giorgio. It definitely deserves more than one viewing and just goes to demonstrate how great Italian cinema is.
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Mar 01, 2007The garden is IDYLLIC. Giorgio (Capolicchio) is from a middle class Jewish Italian family. He has the pleasure of spending some leisurely time inside the gates of an upper class Jewish family's property. Micol (Sanda) and Alberto (Berger) Finzi Contini, sister and brother, play tennis, ride bikes and talk about politics with their young friends. Bruno (Testi) is also there though he is not Jewish. It is the late 1930's. Giorgio observes as Italian laws in his town begin restricting the rights of Jews. His father (Valli) doesn't think that the Fascists in Italy will let the treatment of the Jews get as bad as the Nazis in Germany have. But Giorgio sees things spiraling out of control, the situation getting ready to fall like the seasonal fall leaves captured in the opening credits. Giorgio and his younger brother may not be able to finish their college education. Meanwhile Alberto gets sick with pneumonia, or is it some other mysterious disease. Micol flirts with and teases Giorgio and Bruno. Giorgio falls in love, but Micol keeps him at a distance. Perhaps it is their class difference or the fact that because the Finzi-Continis have lived such a privileged life they hardly consider themselves Jewish anymore. Maybe Micol's attraction to Bruno is an effort to blend in with the Aryan, non-Jewish, population. Sadly, very few escape history. The movie starts with lots of sunshine and the pristine white preppy clothes of the young adults as well as the spotless condition of the interior of the Finzi-Contini mansion. By the end we see many more drab grays. Yet the movie keeps reminding the audience to look up toward the tree tops and the sun in hope.
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