The Garden Of The Finzi Continis

The garden of the finzi continis italian.

The garden of the finzi continis. Vittori desica s garden of the finzi continis is a moving film about an aristocratic jewish family living in italy during world war ii who don t comprehend the threat of the nazis until its too late. The fascist government of mussolini has declared the ordinary tennis clubs off limits for italian jews but what does that matter here behind these tall stone walls. Made into an academy award winning film in 1970 the garden of the finzi continis is a richly evocative and nostalgic depiction of prewar italy.

Il giardino dei finzi contini is an italian historical novel by giorgio bassani published in 1962 it chronicles the relationships between the narrator and the children of the finzi contini family from the rise of benito mussolini until the start of world war ii. With dominique sanda lino capolicchio helmut berger fabio testi. It won the golden bear at the 21st berlin international film festival and the academy award for best foreign language film in 1972.

Eager for an afternoon of tennis the young people ride into it on their bicycles one sunny sunday afternoon. The narrator a young middle class jew in the italian city o giorgio bassani s acclaimed novel of unrequited love and the plight of the italian jews on the brink of world war ii has become a classic. Giorgio bassani s autobiographical novel the garden of the finzi continis is a remarkable novel for its insight into the lives of an italian jewish family and their friends in ferrara a city in north italy and the tragedy that befalls the family during ww ii.

Directed by vittorio de sica. The garden of the finzi continis as nearly as i can tell is not an enclosed space but an enclosed state of mind.