''Il prato'' (internationally released as ''The Meadow'') is a 1979
Italian
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drama film
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directed by
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
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 C ...
. It was screened at the
Venice Film Festival
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. For this film
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted ...
was awarded with a
Silver Ribbon
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for Best New Actress.
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Michele Placido
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as Enzo
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Saverio Marconi as Giovanni
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Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted ...
as Eugenia
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as Sergio
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Angela Goodwin
Angela Goodwin (born Angela Bucci, 1 August 1925 – 25 March 2016), was an Italian stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Goodwin was the daughter of an Italian-American father, and spent her youth in the US where s ...
as Giovanni's Mother
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List of Italian films of 1979
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External linksItalian films of 1979at the Internet Movie Database
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1979 films
Italian drama films
1979 drama films
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Films directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1970s Italian films
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