MFAH Film Series – Italian Interlude: The Night of the Shooting Stars (La note di San Lorenzo)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another special Film Series – Italian Interlude. Get in the mood for this trio of Italian classics with a meal at the new MFACafe.

The Night of the Shooting Stars (La note di San Lorenzo)
Directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1982, in Italian with English subtitles
Italy,105 minutes, DCP

The Night of the Shooting Stars is the Tavianis’ masterpiece.

Based on true incidents from their own childhoods (but told from the perspective of a six-year-old girl), the story is set in the closing days of World War II, in a village at the mercy of retreating Nazis, while the Americans are rumored to be tantalizingly close.

As the losing side grows more desperate, a group of frightened villagers sets off in search of their liberators. They embark on an odyssey that is by turns surreal, suspenseful, brutal, and funny that climaxes in a bloody, chaotic battle.

New 2K DCP digital restoration from the Cohen Film Collection. – Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago)