FIORILE
by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
synopsis
While travelling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted two hundred years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in love with French soldier Jean - but while Jean was distracted, Elisabetta's brother Corrado stole some gold that Jean was guarding, and set the curse in train. The Benedettis become wealthy, corrupt and hated by their former friends, who rename them the Maledettis - the cursed. The childrens' grandfather Massimo is the last man to be directly affected by the curse - but will he pass it onto them?
original title: | Fiorile |
country: | Italy, France, Germany |
year: | 1993 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani |
film run: | 119' |
release date: | IT 26/03/1993, FR 16/05/1993, BE 27/05/1993, DE 14/10/1993, NL 14/10/1993, AT 10/1993, SE 10/02/1994, UK 31/03/1995, DK 19/05/1995, PT 15/09/1995, TR 20/06/1997 |
screenplay: | Sandro Petraglia, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani |
cast: | Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Lino Capolicchio, Athina Cenci, Giovanni Guidelli, Norma Martelli, Pier Paolo Capponi, Carlo De Ruggieri, Laura Scarimbolo, Ciro Esposito |
cinematography by: | Giuseppe a.k.a. Beppe Lanci |
film editing: | Roberto Perpignani |
art director: | Gianni Sbarra |
costumes designer: | Lina Nerli Taviani |
music: | Nicola Piovani |
producer: | Grazia Volpi |
executive producer: | Jean-Claude Cecile, Karl Spiehs, Luggi Waldleitner |
associate producer: | Claudio Amram, Anna Rita Appolloni |