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Actors: Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Lino Capolicchio, Romolo Valli, Helmut Berger
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
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THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS is a movie directed by Vittorio De Sica in 1971. Academy award in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category and Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
The setting is Ferrara, Italy, 1938. While, one by one, new fascist anti-Jews laws come into force, the Finzi-Continis, an aristocratic jewish family, keep receiving the young friends of Micol and Alberto, the last generation of the family, in the superb garden of their residence. Giordio is a member of the jewish bourgeoisie and is in love with Micol from his childhood on but, even in this terrible period, differences in social classes subsist between them.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Jew, religious
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture clash?
- being oppressed by outside culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- Italian
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Italy
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- moving train
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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