Light of My Eyes

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Light of My Eyes
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Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni
Cinematography Arnaldo Catinari
Edited by Esmeralda Calabria
Music by Ludovico Einaudi
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
LanguageItalian

Luce dei miei occhi (internationally released as Light of My Eyes) is a 2001 Italian romance- drama film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni.

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The film entered the 58th Venice International Film Festival, where Luigi Lo Cascio and Sandra Ceccarelli were awarded with the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively. [1]

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  1. Gino Moliterno (2009). The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN   978-0810868960.