The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Movie · Drama · Classics

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and directed by legendary 4-time Oscar Winner Vittorio de Sica (Bicycle Thieves), the film is a beautiful and haunting story of unrequited love set in WWII in Ferrara, Italy. Giorgio is a middle-class Jewish man who is desperately trying to win over Micol, a beautiful and privileged Jewish woman who lives in the grand and secluded estate of Finzi-Contini.

1971 · 1h 34m

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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Drama

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and directed by legendary 4-time Oscar Winner Vittorio de Sica (Bicycle Thieves), the film is a beautiful and haunting story of unrequited love set in WWII in Ferrara, Italy. Giorgio is a middle-class Jewish man who is desperately trying to win over Micol, a beautiful and privileged Jewish woman who lives in the grand and secluded estate of Finzi-Contini.

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Fresh 15
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Studio
Lionsgate
Released
1971
Run Time
1 hr 34 min
Rated
R
Regions of Origin
Italy, France
© 1970 Documento film.

Languages

Original Audio
Italian, Italian (Italy)
Audio

Italian (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (Always On, CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.