Luce dei miei occhi Light of My Eyes Giuseppe Piccioni [videorecording]=

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Giuseppe Piccioni

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Italian Summary language: English Original language: Italian Subtitle language: English Series: Film Movement | Light of My EyesPublication details: 2003 Italy Albachiara Rai CinemafictionDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Light of My Eyes

Uniform titles:

Light of My Eyes

LOC classification:

PN1997 .L834 2001

Summary: From case cover: Giuseppe Piccioni represents a new generation of filmmakers in the tradition of the great neo-classical Italian directors of the 1950s. His directoral debut in 1987, "Il Grande Blek", won the prestigiuos De Sica Award as the best new Italian film of the year. Piccioni established himself internationally in 1999 with "Fuori dal mondo", winner of five David di Donatello Awards (Italy's Oscars). "Light of My Eyes" was also nominated for five Donatellos including Best Director, and the film won Best Actor and Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. In addtion to critical acclaim and awards, "Light of My Eyes" broke numerous box office records in Italy. From IMDb: Antonio is a lonely man who works as a driver of luxury cars. Outside of his work, he spends his time reading science fiction novels, and, especially by night, driving through the streets of the city. One night he meets Maria, a lonely woman, and her daughter Lisa. He manages to enter in their life, and starts to take care of them. He discovers that Maria owes a lot of money to an usurer, and starts to pay her debts, but without letting her know of this. He dedicates with total abnegation to Maria, up to the point of losing his job, but she seems to remain indifferent to his love. Until...

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .L834 2001	Available	Italian audio. Optional English subtitles.		001456

Contains the following:
- short film "Dreamscapes" by Sean McBride.

From case cover:
Giuseppe Piccioni represents a new generation of filmmakers in the tradition of the great neo-classical Italian directors of the 1950s. His directoral debut in 1987, "Il Grande Blek", won the prestigiuos De Sica Award as the best new Italian film of the year. Piccioni established himself internationally in 1999 with "Fuori dal mondo", winner of five David di Donatello Awards (Italy's Oscars). "Light of My Eyes" was also nominated for five Donatellos including Best Director, and the film won Best Actor and Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. In addtion to critical acclaim and awards, "Light of My Eyes" broke numerous box office records in Italy.

From IMDb:
Antonio is a lonely man who works as a driver of luxury cars. Outside of his work, he spends his time reading science fiction novels, and, especially by night, driving through the streets of the city. One night he meets Maria, a lonely woman, and her daughter Lisa. He manages to enter in their life, and starts to take care of them. He discovers that Maria owes a lot of money to an usurer, and starts to pay her debts, but without letting her know of this. He dedicates with total abnegation to Maria, up to the point of losing his job, but she seems to remain indifferent to his love. Until...

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; Region 1; NTSC; 16:9 widescreen.

Italian audio. Optional English subtitles.

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