Rainbow: A Private Affair | |
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Una questione privata | |
Directed by | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
Screenplay by | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
Based on | A Private Matter by Beppe Fenoglio |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Simone Zampagni |
Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
Production company | |
Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Rainbow: A Private Affair (Italian : Una questione privata) is an Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, based on the novel A Private Matter by Beppe Fenoglio. [1] It is the last film directed by both brothers before Vittorio Taviani's death in 2018. [2]
During the fighting of the liberation war in the Langhe, the partisan Milton is divided between the fights against the Nazi-fascists, the friendship for the brigade companions and his clandestine love for Fulvia.
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Private Affair, Private Affairs or variants thereof may refer to:
Una questione privata is a 1993 Italian film directed by Alberto Negrin with a screenplay based on the WWII partisan novel of the same name by Beppe Fenoglio (1963) adapted by Raffaele La Capria. The film stars the young British actor Rupert Graves as Milton, Céline Beauvallet, and Claudio Mazzenga.
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