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A sweeping, sorrowful romance that lingers on longing and loss, moving slowly through sunlit fields and grey trains toward a quiet, aching heartbreak.
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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About 1970 film by Vittorio De Sica
Genres drama
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Written by Cesare Zavattini, Ugo Pirro, Franco Brusati, Vittorio Bonicelli
Starring Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger, Fabio Testi, Lino Capolicchio, Romolo Valli, Alessandro D'Alatri, Joshua Sinclair, Edoardo Toniolo
Music Manuel De Sica
Runtime 89 min
Country Italy, France, West Germany
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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