Fiorile is a French – German – Italian co- production of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani made in 1992 .
Synopsis
How do members of the Benedetti family became in two centuries, Maledetti , “The Curse” after a legend that began in the xviii th century , with the arrival of the Napoleonic French troops …
Technical sheet
- Original title: Fiorile
- Director: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Scenario: P. and V. Taviani with the collaboration of Sandro Petraglia
- Photography: Giuseppe Lanci
- Sets: Giovanni Sbarra
- Ensurer: Luca Gobbi
- Costumes: Lina Nerli Taviani
- Editing: Roberto Perpignani
- Music: Nicola Piovani
- Production: Grazia Volpi for FilmTre-Gierre Film with Seven Cinema, Canal + (Paris), Penta Film (Rome), Florida Movies, Roxy Film, KS Film (Munich)
- Duration: 118 minutes
- Presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival 1993
- Released in Italy : March 1993
- Released in France : May 1993
Distribution
- Claudio Bigagli : Corrado / Alessandro
- Galatea Ranzi : Elisabette / Elisa
- Michael Vartan : Jean / Massimo
- Lino Capolicchio : Luigi
- Chiara Caselli : Chiara
- Renato Carpentieri : Older Massimo
- Constanze Engelbrecht : Juliet
- Carlo Luca De Ruggieri: Renzo
- Elisa Giani: Simona
- Ciro Esposito: Emilio
- Athina Cenci: Gina
- Giovanni Guidelli: Elio
- Norma Martelli: Livia
- Pier Paolo Capponi : Duilio
- Laurent Schilling
- Fritz Müller-Scherz: a university professor
- Laura Scarimbolo: Alfredina
- Giovanni Cassinelli: Massimo child
Around the film
- The title ” Fiorile ” refers to the Italian name of the month of the revolutionary calendar ” Floréal ” (from April 20 to May 19 ).
- The film is dedicated to Giuliani G. De Negri, producer of the films of the Taviani brothers, who died on the eve of the shooting.