Lark Farm, The Italy / France / Bulgaria / Spain
2007, 122min.
Prod.: Grazia Volpi, Script: Antonia Arslan, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Dir.: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Dir. of Phot.: Giuseppe Lanci, Compos.: Giuliano Taviani, Prod. Design: Andrea Crisanti, Sound: Dani Fontrodona, Edit.: Roberto Perpignani.
Cast: Paz Vega (Nunik), Moritz Bleibtreu (Ferzan), Alessandro Preziosi (Egon), Ángela Molina (Ismene), Arsinée Khanjian (Armineh), Mohammed Bakri (Nazim), Tchéky Karyo (Aram), Mariano Rigillo (Assadour), Hristo Shopov (Isman), Christo Jivkov (Sarkis), Stefan Danailov (Presidente Tribunale), Linda Batista (Signora Turca), Assen Blatechki (Mudir), Marius Donkin (Dr. Krikor), André Dussollier (Col. Arkan), Itzhak Finzi (Hovannes), Ubaldo Lo Presti (Kambussian), Hristo Mitzkov (Garo Sarkissian).
The genocide of the Armenians through the story of an Armenian family that restores a farm in order to welcome the arrival of relatives who had moved to Italy. However, they will never see their relatives as they get caught in the genocide carried out by the Turks during WWI.
| Taviani, Paolo and Vittorio Paolo Taviani (born 1931, San Miniato di Pisa, Toscana, Italy)
Vittorio Taviani (born 1929, San Miniato di Pisa, Toscana, Italy)
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are noted Italian film directors and screenwriters. They are brothers, who have always worked together, each directing alternate scenes. Taviani brothers studied at the University of Pisa: Paolo studied liberal arts, Vittorio- law. They became interested in cinema after seeing Roberto Rossellini's Paisa. After writing and directing short films and plays, they made their first feature in 1962. At the Cannes IFF the Taviani brothers won Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize for Padre, padrone in 1977 and Grand Prix du Jury for Saint Lorenzo's night in 1982. They worked with Valentino Orsini directing two films Un uomo da brucare (1962) and I fuorilegge del matrimonio (1963). With actor Gian Maria Volonte they rose to fame with Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969). The revolutionary theme is present both in San Michele aveva un gallo (1971), and in the film Allonsanfan (1974). Kaos came out in 1984. Il sole anche di notte (1990) is a free adaptation of Tolstoy's Father Sergius. In the 2000s, the two directors turned successfully to television films and miniseries. La masseria delle allodole (2007), was screened at the Berlin IFF in the Berlinale Special section.
Filmography
San Miniato, luglio '44 (1954, doc., short), Italy Is Not a Poor Country/L'Italia non è un paese povero (1960, doc.), A Man for Burning/Un Uomo da bruciare (1962), Outlaws of Love/I Fuorilegge del matrimonio (1963), The Subversives/I Sovversivi (1967), Under the Sign of Scorpio/Sotto il segno dello scorpione (1969), St. Michael Had a Rooster/ San Michele aveva un gallo (1972), Allonsanfan (1973), My Father My Master/Padre padrone (1977), The Meadow/Il prato (1979), The Night of San Lorenzo/La notte di San Lorenzo (1982), Chaos/Kaos (1984), Good Morning Babilonia (1987), Sunshine Even by Night/Il sole anche di notte (1990), Wild Flower/Fiorile (1993), The Elective Affinities/Le affinità elettive (1996), You Laugh/Tu ridi (1998), Another World Is Possible/Un altro mondo è possibile (2001), Resurrection/ Resurrezione (2001, TV), Luisa Sanfelice (2004, TV), The Lark Farm/La masseria delle allodole (2007)
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