42nd David di Donatello

42nd David di Donatello
Date	20 April 1997
Site	Teatro delle Vittorie, Rome
Hosted by	Milly Carlucci
Highlights
Best Picture	The Truce
Most awards	The Truce (4)
Most nominations	Nirvana (12)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 1
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The 42th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 20 April 1997. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners and nominees

Best Film The Truce , directed by Francesco Rosi The Cyclone , directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni Marianna Ucrìa , directed by Roberto Faenza My Generation , directed by Wilma Labate Nirvana , directed by Gabriele Salvatores	Best Producer Leo Pescarolo , Guido de Laurentiis – The Truce Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Rita Rusić, Maurizio Totti – Nirvana Giovanni Di Clemente – The Game Bag Laurentina Guidotti, Francesco Ranieri Martinotti – Growing Artichokes in Mimongo Pietro Valsecchi – An Eyewitness Account
Best Director Francesco Rosi – The Truce Roberto Faenza – Marianna Ucrìa Wilma Labate – My Generation Gabriele Salvatores – Nirvana Maurizio Zaccaro – The Game Bag	Best New Director Fulvio Ottaviano – Growing Artichokes in Mimongo Franco Bernini – The Grey Zone Ugo Chiti – Albergo Roma Roberto Cimpanelli – A Cold, Cold Winter Anna Di Francisca – La bruttina stagionata
Best Actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio – An Eyewitness Account Claudio Amendola – My Generation Leonardo Pieraccioni – The Cyclone Sergio Rubini – Nirvana Carlo Verdone – I'm Crazy About Iris Blond	Best Actress Asia Argento – Traveling Companion Margherita Buy – An Eyewitness Account Iaia Forte – Luna e l'altra Claudia Gerini – I'm Crazy About Iris Blond Monica Guerritore – La lupa
Best Supporting Actor Leo Gullotta – The Game Bag Diego Abatantuono – Nirvana Antonio Albanese – Vesna Goes Fast Claudio Amendola – An Eyewitness Account Massimo Ceccherini – The Cyclone	Best Supporting Actress Barbara Enrichi – The Cyclone Edi Angelillo – La bruttina stagionata Andréa Ferréol – I'm Crazy About Iris Blond Eva Grieco – Marianna Ucrìa Lorenza Indovina – The Truce
David di Donatello for Best Screenplay Fabio Carpi – Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man Marco Bechis, Umberto Cantarello, Lara Fremder, Gigi Riva, Maurizio Zaccaro – The Game Bag Pino Cacucci, Gloria Corica, Gabriele Salvatores – Nirvana Sandro Petraglia, Francesco Rosi, Stefano Rulli – The Truce Leonardo Pieraccioni, Giovanni Veronesi – The Cyclone	Best Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli – Marianna Ucrìa Pasqualino De Santis, Marco Pontecorvo – The Truce Blasco Giurato – The Game Bag Giuseppe Lanci – The Prince of Homburg Italo Petriccione – Nirvana
Best Production Design Danilo Donati – Marianna Ucrìa Giancarlo Basili – Nirvana Giantito Burchiellaro – The Prince of Homburg Andrea Crisanti – The Truce Gianni Sbarra – The Elective Affinities	Best Score Paolo Conte – How the Toys Saved Christmas Luis Bacalov – The Truce Carlo Crivelli – The Prince of Homburg Federico De Robertis, Mauro Pagani – Nirvana Nicola Piovani – My Generation
Best Editing Ruggero Mastroianni , Bruno Sarandrea – The Truce Francesca Calvelli – The Prince of Homburg Massimo Fiocchi – Nirvana Mirco Garrone – The Cyclone Roberto Perpignani – Marianna Ucrìa	Best Sound Tullio Morganti – Nirvana Maurizio Argentieri – The Prince of Homburg Gaetano Carito – A Cold, Cold Winter Tiziano Crotti – Sacred Silence Bruno Pupparo – My Generation
Best Costumes Danilo Donati – Marianna Ucrìa Patrizia Chericoni, Florence Emir – Nirvana Lina Nerli Taviani – The Elective Affinities Francesca Sartori – The Prince of Homburg Alberto Verso – The Truce	Best Short Film Senza parole, directed by Antonello De Leo
Best Foreign Film Ridicule , directed by Patrice Leconte David Scuola The Cyclone , directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni	Special David Awards Marcello Mastroianni Claudia Cardinale

References

1. Rooney, David (21 April 1997). "'Truce' takes top Italo honors". Variety . Retrieved 30 July 2025.
2. Grassi, Giovanna (21 April 1997). "E' Rosi il vero ciclone dei David". Corriere della Sera . p. 29.
3. "David di Donatello 1997". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 July 2025.