Catalog Num:
IT-G002-1970
Title:
Il Giardino dei Finzi-Continis / The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Program:
Romance Languages
"In 1938 a wealthy Jewish family has to deal with the brutal reality around them. The agressive attitude of the Italian fascists forces this Jewish family to leave their secluded life behind the walls of their pastoral garden and face the world beyond. In the midst of this chaos Nicole, the Finzi-Continis` older daughter has to come to terms with a relationship with a Jewish young man of a wealthy but bourgeois family. " Notes: "Academy Award, Best Foreign Film". Director: Vittorio De Sica. Color. Country: Italy. Dubbed.