The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

  • Director: Vittorio De Sica
  • Writer: Giorgio Bassani,Ugo Pirro,Vittorio Bonicelli
  • Countries of origin: Italy, West Germany
  • Language: Italian
  • Release date: December 16, 1971
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Der Garten der Finzi Contini
  • "Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini" is a historical film directed by Vittorio de Sica, starring Reno Capolizio and Dominique Sanda.
    The film tells the story of Mussolini's rule of Italy and formulated a series of policies that discriminate against Jews. The Condini family felt that hiding in their huge garden could escape the catastrophe of World War II. However, the dark cloud of war was inevitable in the end. Descended on them.

    Details

    • Release date December 16, 1971
    • Filming locations Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
    • Production companies Documento Film, CCC-Filmkunst

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $596,694

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $112,105

    Movie reviews

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    • By Hunter 2022-02-22 08:02:10

      Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

      On the eve of World War II, under the influence of the German Nazis, Italy set off a political atmosphere hostile to the Jews. The Jewish family of Feniz Kontini in Africa was also affected. In order to avoid the political turmoil outside, family members, especially the two young children of the family, Miko and Ebert, hid in the ruined manor all day. In, their carefree life no longer exists, only the illusory prayers to God, the tragedy of fascism does not fall on them, but bad luck eventually...

    • By Eliane 2022-02-22 08:02:10

      "Il giardino dei Finzi Contini": Love under Terror [21st Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Award]

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      Garden Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970) This

      film won the Golden Bear at the 21st Berlin Film Festival in 1971 prize.

      The film tells about the love of a childhood sweetheart Italian man and woman under fascist rule. The protagonist is a Jewish nobleman from Ferrara, Italy, who grew up together. Ten years later, the heroine opened her home garden and let the hero and his friends play...

    • By Ada 2022-02-22 08:02:10

      Atypical Anti-War Movies

      Desica's "Feniz Garden" is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Italian Jewish novelist Giorgio Bassani. It tells the life of the Jews who lived in Ferrara, northern Italy on the eve of World War II.

      For political reasons, the Jewish community at the time was rejected by the Italian mainstream, and they did not even have the right to join the Italian tennis club. The Feniz-Kantini family lived in seclusion in a remote manor...

    • By Providenci 2022-02-22 08:02:10

      From Fenitz Gardens to Auschwitz

      The opening is sunny: Nine young people, in white tennis clothes, and their bicycles drove through the quaint streets, full of vitality. Towards the end, the line of sight went from the window of the classroom where the Jews were temporarily held, the camera panning, scanning the city roof, and then switching a few frames of empty street scenes, and then the empty Feniz Gardens and quiet tennis courts, amidst bleak music. , We heard "Auschwitz". Warm sun and winter snow, heaven to hell, the...

    • By Felicia 2022-02-22 08:02:10

      Women's fragility

      The fate of little people in the big era is a subject of interest to many people, and most of them are tragedies, and this movie is no exception. If Desica was just repeating this grand narrative, it would have failed the master's name. In the transformation of the protagonist's destiny, we see the factors of the times as the main reason, and we also feel their recklessness, confusion, and immaturity as young people also play a vital role. Before the war came, the two protagonists were likely...

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    • By Joannie 2023-09-07 01:24:49

      destined to be a...

    • By Iva 2023-09-05 06:43:29

      Pure art, no...

    • By Darius 2023-07-18 14:10:37

      WWII from a new...

    • By Kaci 2023-07-05 15:21:42

      The best of times and the worst of...

    • By Dillon 2023-06-24 08:28:39

      Remember our garden, even though life is impermanent, look back and hear the thumping sound of the tennis ball...

    Movie plot

    On the eve of World War II, under the influence of the German Nazis, Italy set off a wave of hostility and rejection of Jews in the country. It also promulgated some documents restricting the rights of Jews. The documents stipulate that Jewish children cannot go to public schools; they are not allowed to marry non-Jews; they cannot have servants at home.
    The Jewish family of Feniz Kontini in Africa was also affected by this wave. The...
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    Movie quotes

    • Giorgio's Father: In life, in order to understand, to really understand the world, you must die at least once. So it's better to die young, when there's still time left to recover and live again.

    • Micol: You and I are not normal people. For the two of us, what counts more than the possession of things - how shall I put it - is the remembrance of things, the memory of things.

    • Micol Finzi-Contini: Children are always prisoners of grownups.