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Sunflower is a 1970 drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The screenplay was written by Tonino Guerra, Cesare Zavattini, and Georgi Mdivani. Carlo Ponti, Arthur Cohn, and Joseph E. Levine produced the movie. The cast includes Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Ludmila Savelyeva, and Anna Carena. Henry Mancini composed the score and performed it.
The film originates from France, Italy, and the Soviet Union. It was filmed in Russia and set in Italy. The original languages are Italian and Russian. The runtime is listed as 109 minutes or 107 minutes. It was distributed by Netflix and Kino Film Collection via video on demand. Production companies included Mosfilm, C. C. Champion, Les Films Concordia, and AVCO Embassy Pictures. Enrico Sabbatini designed the costumes.
The movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. It holds a rating of 7.3 on IMDb and a vote average of 7.5 on TMDb. Keywords associated with the plot include new love, World War II, honeymoon, love letter, and soldier. The tagline describes it as a timeless moment in a world gone mad.
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7.5After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
Cast
- Sophia Loren as Giovanna
- Marcello Mastroianni as Antonio
- Ludmila Savelyeva as Mascia
- Galina Andreeva as Valentina
- Anna Carena as Madre Antonio
- Germano Longo as Ettore
Themes
- new love
- world war ii
- honeymoon
- love letter
- soldier
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Original language
- Russian
- Director
- Vittorio De Sica
- Screenwriter
- Georgi Mdivani
- Cast member
- Valentina Ananina
- Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Producer
- Joseph E. Levine
- Production company
- Mosfilm
- Cinematographer
- Giuseppe Rotunno
- Narrative location
- Italy
- Filming location
- Russia
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 167024
- Performer
- Henry Mancini
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Sophia-Loren-in-the-movie-Sunflower-391853241311.jpg
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- I girasoli
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- costume designer
- Enrico Sabbatini
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Sunflower
- Commons category
- Sunflower (1970 film)
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