The movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome as seen from the eyes of Sandrino, a little kid who is awaiting for a total solar eclipse that really happened during summer of ’61, and it was fully visible from Italy. He sees his family life, a young girl who is about to marry a man she doesn’t love, an old man who has just died and whose relatives fight for his inheritance, a blind trumpet player who hopes to recover, his little friends…
Director: Leone Pompucci.
Writers: Filippo Pichi, Leone Pompucci, Paolo Rossi.
Stars: Claudio Bigagli, Antonio Catania, Clelia Rondinella, Stefano Dionisi, Evelina Gori, Paolo Bonacelli, Orazio Stracuzzi, Ludovica Modugno, Vera Furlan, Gina Rovere, Giuseppe Napoli, Matteo Fadda, Stefano Masciarelli, Carla Benedetti, Stefania Montorsi, Vittorio Vivian, Isa Gallinelli, Maria D’Ajala, Nicoletta Boris, Cesare Gelli, Maurizio Mattioli, Roberto Stocchi, Mario Bianco, Maurizio Marsala.
Cinematographer: Massimo Pau.
Composer: Franco Piersanti.
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Note: Here’s the only English subbed copy that exists for this little known Italian film, digitized from a screener VHS released by New Yorker Video in 1998.
I HAVE LOVED THIS FILM SINCE I FIRST SAW IT WHEN I WAS STATIONED IN NAPLES, ITALY IN THE EARLY 90S.
It is my favorite movie OF ALL TIME. sorry for caps, very excited.
I have literally been searching for it since then.
I’m a little choked up. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!!!!
Man, what an awesome comment! Thanks so much for sharing that, Benjamin!
I’m so glad I was able to be of help so that you can reunite with this film after all these years 😀
I hope it will continue being your favorite film today, 25+ years later haha.
Thanks again, this was so nice to read and a big motivator to keep doing what I do.
Take care,
Jon.
Jon, I’ve told and will continue to tell my friends of this site and your endeavors here. Tanto amore e mille grazie amico mio.
I share Benjamin’s happiness in finally being able to find this treasure once again. Thank you, NewYorker Rare Films!!!
GRAZIE MILLE!