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Paolo Taviani (; born 8 November 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions. At the
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
, the Taviani brothers won the ''
Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
'' and the
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prize for ''
Padre Padrone ''Padre Padrone'' is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title () literally means "Father Master"; it has been tra ...
'' in 1977 and the '' Grand Prix du Jury'' for ''
La notte di San Lorenzo ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (UK: ''The Night of San Lorenzo'', it, La Notte di San Lorenzo) is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Ton ...
'' (''The Night of the Shooting Stars'', 1982). In 2012 they won the
Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The winn ...
at the
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with ''
Caesar Must Die ''Caesar Must Die'' ( it, Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison ...
''. Vittorio Taviani died on 15 April 2018 at the age of 88.


Career

Both born in
San Miniato San Miniato is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. San Miniato sits at an historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley, between the valleys of Ego ...
,
Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
,
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, the Taviani brothers began their careers as journalists. In 1960 they came to the world of
cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking * ...
, directing with
Joris Ivens Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens (18 November 1898 – 28 June 1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are '' A Tale of the Wind'', '' The Spanish Earth'', ''Rain'', ''...A Valparaiso'', ''M ...
the documentary ''L'Italia non è un paese povero'' (''Italy is not a poor country''). They went on to direct two films with
Valentino Orsini Valentino Orsini (19 January 1927 in Pisa – 26 January 2001 in Cerveteri) was an Italian film director. After his first interests to arts (he had been sculptor, stage designer, cinema critic, cineclub animator) in his hometown, in 1954 Val ...
, ''
Un uomo da bruciare ''Un uomo da bruciare'' (internationally released as ''A Man for Burning'') is a 1962 Italian drama film. It is the first feature film directed by Valentino Orsini and Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It entered the 1962 Venice Film Festival, in whic ...
'' (''A Man to Burn'') (1962) and ''
I fuorilegge del matrimonio ''I fuorilegge del matrimonio'', internationally released as ''Outlaws of Love'', is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film. It is the second and last film directed both by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and Valentino Orsini. It is inspired by the draf ...
'' (''Outlaws of Marriage'') (1963). Their first autonomous film was ''
I sovversivi ''I sovversivi'' (internationally released as ''The Subversives'') is a 1967 Italian drama film. It is the first solo film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, without Valentino Orsini. It was entered into the 32° Venice Film Festival. Plot ...
'' (''The Subversives'', 1967), with which they anticipated the events of 1968. With actor
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they gained attention with ''
Sotto il segno dello scorpione ''Sotto il segno dello scorpione'' (internationally released as ''Under the Sign of Scorpio'') is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival. The film was defined as: "perhaps the ...
'' (''Under the Sign of Scorpio'', (1969) where one can see the echoes of
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,
Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...
, and Godard. In 1971, they co-signed the media campaign against Milan's police commissioner
Luigi Calabresi Luigi Calabresi (14 November 1937 – 17 May 1972) was an Italian Police officer in Milan assassinated by far-left terrorists. This was one of the most important murders during the historical period of social turmoil and political violence in It ...
, published in the magazine ''
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''. The revolutionary theme is present both in ''
San Michele aveva un gallo ''St. Michael Had a Rooster'' ( it, San Michele aveva un gallo) is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It is an adaptation of Tolstoy's novel ''The Divine and the Human''. The film was described as "A charming fable ...
'' (1971), an adaptation of
Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...
's novel ''The Divine and the Human'', a film greatly appreciated by critics, and in the film '' Allonsanfan'' (1974), in which
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has a role as an ex-revolutionary who has served a long term in prison and now views his idealistic youth in a much more realistic light, and nevertheless gets entangled in a new attempt in which he no longer believes. Their next film ''Padre Padrone'' (1977) (
Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
at the
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
), taken from a novel by
Gavino Ledda Gavino Ledda (; born 30 December 1938) is an author and a scholar of the Italian language and of Sardinian. He is best known for his autobiographical work ''Padre Padrone'' (1975). Biography Early life Ledda was born in Siligo, in the Province ...
, speaks of the struggle of a Sardinian shepherd against the cruel rules of his patriarchal society. In ''
Il prato ''Il prato'' (internationally released as ''The Meadow'') is a 1979 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival. For this film Isabella Rossellini was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for Be ...
'' (1979) there are nonrealistic echoes, while ''
La notte di San Lorenzo ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (UK: ''The Night of San Lorenzo'', it, La Notte di San Lorenzo) is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Ton ...
'' (''The Night of the Shooting Stars'', 1982) narrates, in a fairy-tale tone, a marginal event in the days before the end of World War II, in Tuscany, as seen through the eyes of some village people. The film was awarded the Special Jury Award in Cannes. ''
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'' (1984)—another literary adaptation—is a poignantly beautiful and poetical film in episodes, taken from
Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...
's ''Short Stories for a year''. In ''
Il sole anche di notte ''The Sun Also Shines at Night'' ( it, Il sole anche di notte, and also known as ''Night Sun'') is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in 1990. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The plot is ...
'' (1990) the Taviani brothers transposed in 18th century Naples the story from Tolstoy's ''
Father Sergius "Father Sergius" (russian: Отец Сергий, Otets Sergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.Julian Connolly in Charles A. Moser (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of Russian ...
''. From then onwards, the Tavianis' inspiration proved faltering. Successes like ''
Le affinità elettive ''The Elective Affinities'' ( it, Le affinità elettive, french: Les affinités électives) is a 1996 Italian-French comedy film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * ...
'', (1996, from
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) and an attempt to woo the international audiences like '' Good morning Babilonia'', (1987), on the pioneers of cinema history, alternate with lesser films like ''
Fiorile ''Fiorile'' is a 1993 Italian drama film about a family curse caused by greed. The film was directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and stars Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, and Michael Vartan. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. T ...
'' (1993) and '' Tu ridi'' (1996), inspired by the characters and short stories of Pirandello. In the 2000s, the brothers turned successfully to directing television films and miniseries, such as Leo Tolstoy's ''
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'' (2001) and
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's ''
Luisa Sanfelice Luisa or Luigia Sanfelice (1764–1800) was an Italian aristocrat who was executed by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies because of her involvement with the French-backed Parthenopean Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars, although Sanfelice ...
'' (2004), as well as ''
La masseria delle allodole ''The Lark Farm'' (Italian: ''La masseria delle allodole'') is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani about the Armenian genocide. Plot The story, drawn from ''La masseria delle allodole'', the best-selling novel by Ant ...
'' (2007), presented at the
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in the section 'Berlinale Special'. Their film ''
Caesar Must Die ''Caesar Must Die'' ( it, Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison ...
'' won the Golden Bear at the
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in February 2012. The film was also selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the
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, but it did not make the final shortlist. On 15 April 2018, Vittorio Taviani died in
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after a long illness at the age of 88.


Filmography


As film directors

*''San Miniato, luglio '44'' (1954) *''L'Italia non è un paese povero'' (together with
Joris Ivens Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens (18 November 1898 – 28 June 1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are '' A Tale of the Wind'', '' The Spanish Earth'', ''Rain'', ''...A Valparaiso'', ''M ...
, 1960) *''
Un uomo da bruciare ''Un uomo da bruciare'' (internationally released as ''A Man for Burning'') is a 1962 Italian drama film. It is the first feature film directed by Valentino Orsini and Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It entered the 1962 Venice Film Festival, in whic ...
'' (together with
Valentino Orsini Valentino Orsini (19 January 1927 in Pisa – 26 January 2001 in Cerveteri) was an Italian film director. After his first interests to arts (he had been sculptor, stage designer, cinema critic, cineclub animator) in his hometown, in 1954 Val ...
, 1962) *''
I fuorilegge del matrimonio ''I fuorilegge del matrimonio'', internationally released as ''Outlaws of Love'', is a 1963 Italian anthology comedy film. It is the second and last film directed both by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and Valentino Orsini. It is inspired by the draf ...
'' (together with Valentino Orsini, 1963) *''
I sovversivi ''I sovversivi'' (internationally released as ''The Subversives'') is a 1967 Italian drama film. It is the first solo film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, without Valentino Orsini. It was entered into the 32° Venice Film Festival. Plot ...
'' (1967) *''
Sotto il segno dello scorpione ''Sotto il segno dello scorpione'' (internationally released as ''Under the Sign of Scorpio'') is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival. The film was defined as: "perhaps the ...
'' (1969) *''
San Michele aveva un gallo ''St. Michael Had a Rooster'' ( it, San Michele aveva un gallo) is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It is an adaptation of Tolstoy's novel ''The Divine and the Human''. The film was described as "A charming fable ...
'' (1972) *''
Allonsanfàn ''Allonsanfàn'' () is a 1974 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The title of the film, which is also the name of a character, comes from the first words (french: Allons enfants, lit=Arise, children) o ...
'' (1974) *''
Padre Padrone ''Padre Padrone'' is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title () literally means "Father Master"; it has been tra ...
'' (1977) *''
Il prato ''Il prato'' (internationally released as ''The Meadow'') is a 1979 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival. For this film Isabella Rossellini was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for Be ...
'' (1979) *''
La notte di San Lorenzo ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (UK: ''The Night of San Lorenzo'', it, La Notte di San Lorenzo) is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Ton ...
'' (1982) *''
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'' (1984) *''
Good Morning, Babylon ''Good Morning, Babylon'' ( it, Buongiorno Babilonia) is a 1987 drama film written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, starring Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi, Désirée Nosbusch, Omero Antonutti, and Charles Dance. The fi ...
'' (1987) *''
Il sole anche di notte ''The Sun Also Shines at Night'' ( it, Il sole anche di notte, and also known as ''Night Sun'') is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in 1990. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The plot is ...
'' (1990) *''
Fiorile ''Fiorile'' is a 1993 Italian drama film about a family curse caused by greed. The film was directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and stars Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, and Michael Vartan. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. T ...
'' (1993) *''
Le affinità elettive ''The Elective Affinities'' ( it, Le affinità elettive, french: Les affinités électives) is a 1996 Italian-French comedy film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. It was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * ...
'' (1996) *'' Tu ridi'' (1998) *'' Resurrezione'' (TV film, 2001) *''La primavera del 2002 - L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma'' (2002), collectively made with 46 other directors *''
Luisa Sanfelice Luisa or Luigia Sanfelice (1764–1800) was an Italian aristocrat who was executed by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies because of her involvement with the French-backed Parthenopean Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars, although Sanfelice ...
'' (TV miniseries, 2004) *''
La masseria delle allodole ''The Lark Farm'' (Italian: ''La masseria delle allodole'') is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani about the Armenian genocide. Plot The story, drawn from ''La masseria delle allodole'', the best-selling novel by Ant ...
'' (2007) *''
Caesar Must Die ''Caesar Must Die'' ( it, Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison ...
'' (2012) *''
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'' (2015) *'' Una questione privata'' (2017) *''Leonora addio'' (2021, first film directed only by Paolo Taviani)


As screenwriters

*''San Miniato, luglio '44'' (with Valentino Orsini and
Cesare Zavattini Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Biography Born in Luzzara near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, o ...
, 1954) *''Un uomo da bruciare'' (with Valentino Orsini, 1962) *''I fuorilegge del matrimonio'' (with Lucio Battistrada, Giuliani G. De Negri, Renato Niccolai and Valentino Orsini, 1963) *''I sovversivi'' (1967) *''Sotto il segno dello scorpione'' (1969) *''San Michele aveva un gallo'' (based on a story by
Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...
, 1972) *''Allonsanfàn'' (1973) *''Padre padrone'' (based on a book by
Gavino Ledda Gavino Ledda (; born 30 December 1938) is an author and a scholar of the Italian language and of Sardinian. He is best known for his autobiographical work ''Padre Padrone'' (1975). Biography Early life Ledda was born in Siligo, in the Province ...
, 1977) *''Il prato'' (with Gianni Sbarra, 1979) *''La notte di San Lorenzo'' (with Giuliani G. De Negri and
Tonino Guerra Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors in the world. Life and work Guerra was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. Accor ...
, 1982) *''Kaos'' (based on short stories by
Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...
, 1984) *''Good Morning, Babylon'' (with Tonino Guerra, 1987) *''Il sole anche di notte'' (with Tonino Guerra, based on ''
Father Sergius "Father Sergius" (russian: Отец Сергий, Otets Sergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.Julian Connolly in Charles A. Moser (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of Russian ...
'' by Tolstoy, 1990) *''Fiorile'' (with
Sandro Petraglia Sandro Petraglia (; born 19 April 1947) is an Italian screenwriter. He began his career in the early 1970s as a film critic, writing for the May 68 Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some sev ...
, 1993) *''Le affinità elettive'' (based on ''
Elective Affinities ''Elective Affinities'' (German: ''Die Wahlverwandtschaften''), also translated under the title ''Kindred by Choice'', is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809. Situated around the city of Weimar, the book relates the ...
'' by
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, 1996) *''Tu ridi'' (based on short stories by Pirandello, 1998) *''Resurrezione'' (based on ''
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'' by Tolstoy, 2001) *''Luisa Sanfelice'' (based on ''
La Sanfelice ''La Sanfelice'' (or ''La San Felice'') is an 1864 novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas.Maxwell p.275 It depicts the arrest and execution in Naples of Luisa Sanfelice, who was accused of conspiring with the French and their supporters agai ...
'' by
Alexandre Dumas, père Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where ''Suffix (name)#Generational titles, '' is French language, French for 'father', to distinguish him from ...
, 2004) *''Una questione privata'' (based on '' A Private Matter'' by Beppe Fenoglio, 2017)


Awards

*1977:
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at
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for ''
Padre Padrone ''Padre Padrone'' is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title () literally means "Father Master"; it has been tra ...
- Father and Master''. *1977: Grand Prix for
Padre Padrone ''Padre Padrone'' is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title () literally means "Father Master"; it has been tra ...
- Father and Master,
Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
*1978: Special
David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...
for
Padre Padrone ''Padre Padrone'' is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title () literally means "Father Master"; it has been tra ...
- Father and Master. *1982:
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at
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
for ''
The Night of the Shooting Stars ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (UK: ''The Night of San Lorenzo'', it, La Notte di San Lorenzo) is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Ton ...
''. *1983:
David di Donatello for Best Film The David di Donatello Award for Best Film (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior film'') is one of the David di Donatello awards presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI). The award recognizes the most outstanding Ita ...
and
David di Donatello for Best Director The David di Donatello Award for Best Director (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior regista'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding direc ...
for
The Night of the Shooting Stars ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (UK: ''The Night of San Lorenzo'', it, La Notte di San Lorenzo) is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Ton ...
. *1984:
Italian Golden Globes The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1960 and it has as jury the Rome Foreign Press Association. The first awards ceremony took place in 1960 and was won by the film ...
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for Best Film for
The Night of the Shooting Stars ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (UK: ''The Night of San Lorenzo'', it, La Notte di San Lorenzo) is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Ton ...
''. *1985:
Italian Golden Globes The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1960 and it has as jury the Rome Foreign Press Association. The first awards ceremony took place in 1960 and was won by the film ...
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for Best Film for
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''. *1985:
David di Donatello for Best Script The David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay ( Italian: ''David di Donatello per la migliore sceneggiatura'') was a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize outstanding scre ...
for ''
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''. *1986:
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(Golden Lion) Life Career of the
Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
. *2002: Golden St. George at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival for
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*2005:
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Career Prize *2007: Efebo d'oro for ''La Masseria delle Allodole''. *2008:
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in "Cinema, Theatre and Multimedia Production" by the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the
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. *2012:
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and
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (french: Prix du Jury Œcuménique) is an independent film award for feature length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973. The award was created by Christian film makers, film critics and ot ...
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for ''
Caesar Must Die ''Caesar Must Die'' ( it, Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison ...
''. *2012:
David di Donatello for Best Film The David di Donatello Award for Best Film (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior film'') is one of the David di Donatello awards presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI). The award recognizes the most outstanding Ita ...
and
David di Donatello for Best Director The David di Donatello Award for Best Director (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior regista'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding direc ...
for
Caesar Must Die ''Caesar Must Die'' ( it, Cesare deve morire) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison ...
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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taviani, Paolo and Vittorio 1929 births 1931 births David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from San Miniato Sibling filmmakers Sibling duos Directors of Palme d'Or winners Directors of Golden Bear winners 2018 deaths Italian communists