The Garden That Doesn't Exist

Synopsis

Once upon a time there was a garden, a refuge, a safe haven - 'The Garden of the Finzi Continis'. It came to life in Giorgio Bassani's 1962 semi-autobiographical novel recounting an unfulfilled love story between two young Jews in Ferrara, while fascism was raging in Italy in the late 1930's. In 1972, Vittorio De Sica's film adaptation of the book won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Since then, the fictional space of the garden became so tangible that people from all over the world come to Ferrara to look for it. Fifty years after winning the Oscar, reality and fiction come together once more, as we walk through an imaginary garden and bring to life the book, its author, its main protagonists, history, love, friendships and betrayals.

Main Cast

Dominique Sanda

Self

Age : 76 | Popularity : 24%

Giorgio Bassani

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Vittorio De Sica

Self (archive footage)

Age : 73 | Popularity : 8%

Alessandro D'Alatri

Self

Age : 69 | Popularity : 5%

Lino Capolicchio

Self

Age : 80 | Popularity : 6%

Helmut Berger

Self (archive footage)

Age : 79 | Popularity : 22%

Fabio Testi

Self (archive footage)

Age : 82 | Popularity : 18%

Manuel De Sica

Self (archive footage)

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Alessandro Chiodo
Editing	Editor	Eulalie Korenfeld Edoardo Morabito
Directing	Director	Rä di Martino
Production	Producer	Estelle Fialon
Sound	Music	Mauro Remiddi
Department	Role	Name

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