This 1970 Vittorio de Sica romance is set in the Italian city Ferrera during the Second World War. The Finzi-Continis are wealthy jews who believe their wealth and high garden walls can protect them from the ravages of antisemitism. The hero is a middle class jew in love with the Finzi-Contini daughter. There is an air of melancholic nostalgia about the film. It almost suggests that the filmmaker is as reluctant to acknowledge the brutality of the era as the Finzi-Continis.
It is a complex story that does not have any easy resolutions and lingers in the mind.
- J
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