Vittorio Taviani died

On April 15, in Rome at the age of 88, the Italian film director and screenwriter Vittorio Taviani died.

This was reported by ANSA .

Vittorio Taviani was born in 1929 in the city of San Miniato, in the early 1960s, together with his brother, Paolo began to make films. The joint projects with the directors of Yeris Ins and Valentino Orsini were followed by the independent debut of the Taviani brothers - the painting "rebels" ( I Sovversivi , 1967), which predicted the events of 1968.

Also among their films “under the sign of Scorpio” ( Sotto Il Segno Dello Scorpione , 1969), “Saint Mikhail had a rooster” ( San Michele Aveva Un Gallo , 1971) according to the novel by Leo Tolstoy “Woop and Human”, “ Chaos , 1984) based on Luigi's stories Pirandello, “and light in darkness shines” ( Il Sole Anche di Notte , 1990) according to the novel by Leo Tolstoy “Father Sergius”, “La Lark” ( La Masseria Delle Allodole , 2007) according to Anthony Arslan about the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, “Decameron” (Decameron Maraviglioso Boccaccio , 2015) according to the novels from the Decameron Bokaccio.

The film of the Taviani brothers “Father-host” ( Padre Padrone , 1977) received the “Golden Palm Branch” of the Cannes Festival, the film “The Night of St. Lawrence” ( La Notte Di San Lorenzo , 1982)-the Grand Prix of the Cannes Festival, the film “Resurrection” ( Resurrezione , 2001) according to the novel by Lion Tolstoy She won the Golden George prize of the Moscow International Film Festival, the film “Caesar must die” ( Cesare Deve Morire , 2012) - the Golden Bear prize of the Berlin Film Festival.