TY - BOOK AU - Giuseppe Piccioni AU - Giuseppe Piccioni AU - Umberto Contarello AU - Linda Ferri AU - Luigi Lo Cascio AU - Sandra Ceccarelli AU - Silvio Orlando TI - Luce dei miei occhi: Light of My Eyes AV - PN1997 .L834 2001 PY - 2003/// CY - Italy PB - Albachiara, Rai Cinemafiction N1 - Contains the following: - short film "Dreamscapes" by Sean McBride N2 - 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 ER -