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Line 1: {{Short description\|1970 film by Vittorio De Sica}} {{more citations needed\|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox film \| name = I ~~girasoli~~Girasoli (Sunflower) \| image = Igirasoli film poster.jpg ~~\| image size =~~ \| caption = Italian release poster \| director = [[Vittorio De Sica]] \| producer = {{Plainlist\| * [[Arthur Cohn]]~~<br>~~ * [[Joseph E. Levine]]~~<br>~~ * [[Carlo Ponti]] }} ~~\| writer = [[Tonino Guerra]]<br>[[Giorgi Mdivani]]<br>[[Cesare Zavattini]]~~ \| ~~narrator~~writer = {{Plainlist\| * [[Tonino Guerra]] ~~\| starring = [[Marcello Mastroianni]]<br>[[Sophia Loren]]<br>[[Lyudmila Savelyeva]]~~ * Giorgi Mdivani * [[Cesare Zavattini]] }} \| narrator = \| starring = {{Plainlist\| * [[Sophia Loren]] * [[Marcello Mastroianni]] * [[Lyudmila Savelyeva]] }} \| music = [[Henry Mancini]] \| cinematography = [[Giuseppe Rotunno]] \| editing = [[Adriana Novelli]] \| studio = {{Plainlist\| * Compagnia Cinematografica Champion (as C. C. Champion S.p.A.)~~<br>~~ * Les Films Concordia~~<br>~~ * [[Mosfilm]] }} ~~\| distributor =~~ \| distributor = [[Embassy Pictures\|Avco Embassy]] ~~\| released = {{Start date\|1970\|3\|14}}~~ \| released = {{Film date\|1970\|3\|13\|Premiere\|1970\|3\|19}} \| runtime = 101 minutes \| country = ~~Italy<br/>USSR~~{{Plainlist\| * Italy ~~\| language = Italian<br />Russian~~ * France ~~\| budget =~~ * Soviet Union * United States }} \| language = {{Plainlist\| * Italian * Russian }} \| budget = \| gross = $2 million (US/Italy rentals)<ref name=USrentals>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/298/mode/1up\|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace\|last=Donahue\|first= Suzanne Mary\|year=1987 \|publisher=UMI Research Press \|page=298}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</ref><ref name=open/> }} '''''Sunflower''''' ({{~~lang-~~langx\|it\|'''I girasoli'''}}) is a 1970 [[~~1970 in~~romance film\|~~1970~~romantic]] [[~~Cinema~~war ~~of Italy~~film\|~~Italian~~war]] [[~~drama~~tragedy]] film]] directed by [[Vittorio De Sica]]. ItAn ~~was~~international co-production of Italy, France, the ~~first~~Soviet ~~[[western~~Union ~~culture\|western]]~~and ~~movie~~the toUnited beStates, ~~filmed~~the film was shot in the [[Soviet Union~~\|USSR]].~~; ~~Some~~some scenes were filmed near [[Moscow]], while others near [[Poltava]], a regional center in [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic\|Ukraine]]. == Plot == Line 28 ⟶ 53: ''"A woman born for love. A man born to love her. A timeless moment in a world gone mad."'' Giovanna ([[Sophia Loren]]) and Antonio ([[Marcello Mastroianni]]) ~~get married~~marry to delay Antonio's deployment during World War II. After that buys them twelve days of happiness, they try another scheme, in which Antonio pretends to be a crazy man. Finally, Antonio is sent to the [[Italian participation on the Eastern Front\|Russian Front]]. When the war is over, Antonio does not return and is listed as [[missing in action]]. Despite the odds, Giovanna is convinced her true love has survived the war and is still in the Soviet Union. Determined, she journeys to the Soviet Union to find him. In the Soviet Union, Giovanna visits the sunflower fields, where there is supposedly one flower for each fallen Italian soldier, and where the Germans forced the Italians to dig their own mass graves. Eventually, Giovanna finds Antonio, but by now he has started a second family with a woman who saved his life, and they have one daughter. Childless, having been faithful to her husband, Giovanna returns to Italy, heartbroken, but unwilling to disrupt her love's new life. Some years later, Antonio returns to Giovanna, asking her to come back with him to the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, Giovanna has tried to move on with her own life, moving out of their first home together and into her own apartment. She works in a factory and is living with a man, with whom she has a baby boy. Antonio visits her and tries to explain his new life, how war changes a man, how safe he felt with his new woman after years of death. Unwilling to ruin Antonio's daughter's or her own new son's life, Giovanna refuses to leave Italy~~, expressing an intense emotional maturity in her choice~~. As they part, Antonio gives her a fur, which he had promised years before that he'd bring back for her. The lovers lock eyes as Antonio's train takes him away from Giovanna, and from Italy, forever. == Cast == * [[Sophia Loren]] as Giovanna * [[Marcello Mastroianni]] as Antonio * [[Lyudmila Savelyeva]] as Masha (Maria) * Galina Andreyeva as Valentina, Soviet official * [[Anna Carena]] as Antonio's mother * [[Germano Longo]] as Ettore * Nadya Serednichenko as Woman in sunflower fields * [[Glauco Onorato]] as Returning soldier * [[Silvano Tranquilli]] as Italian worker in Russia * Marisa Traversi as Prostitute * Gunars Cilinskis as Russian Ministry Official * [[Carlo Ponti, Jr.]] as Giovanna's baby * [[Pippo Starnazza]] as Italian official * Dino Peretti * Giorgio Basso ==Release== * [[Sophia Loren]] – Giovanna ''Sunflower'' was released on [[Saint Joseph's Day]], 19 March 1970, in 5 key cities in Italy. It expanded to an additional 13 cities at [[Easter]].<ref name=open>{{cite magazine\|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|date=10 June 1970\|title=Avco Embassy's Graziosi Blueprints Plan To Perk Majors O'seas Distrib\|page=32}}</ref> It was the first Italian film to be dubbed and screened at [[Radio City Music Hall]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=New York Sound Track\|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|date=23 September 1970\|page=4}}</ref> * [[Marcello Mastroianni]] – Antonio * [[Lyudmila Savelyeva]] – Masha (Maria) * [[Galina Andreyeva]] – Valentina, Soviet official * [[Anna Carena]] – Antonio's Mother * [[Germano Longo]] – Ettore * [[Nadya Serednichenko]] – Woman in sunflower fields * [[Glauco Onorato]] – Returning soldier * [[Silvano Tranquilli]] – Italian worker in Russia * [[Marisa Traversi]] – Prostitute * [[Gunars Cilinskis]] – Russian Ministry Official * [[Carlo Ponti, Jr.]] – Giovanna's Baby * [[Pippo Starnazza]] – Italian official * [[Dino Peretti]] * [[Giorgio Basso]] == ~~Awards~~ Reception== In its first three months on release in Italy, the film earned [[theatrical rental]]s of $1 million.<ref name=open/> Despite reaching [[List of 1970 box office number-one films in the United States\|number one in the United States]] in its seventh week of release, the film performed disappointingly in the United States earning rentals of $1,038,000.<ref>{{cite magazine\|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|title=50 Top-Grossing Films\|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-11-18_261_1/page/11\|date=November 18, 1970\|page=11\|access-date=April 19, 2024\|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine\|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|title='Z', 'Stitch' Paced O'seas Pix In U.S. Release, 1970\|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1971-05-12_262_13/page/34/mode/2up\|date=May 12, 1971\|page=34\|access-date=April 19, 2024\|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=USrentals/> == Soundtrack == {{Infobox album \| name = Sunflower \| type = Film Score \| artist = [[Henry Mancini]] \| cover = File:Henry Mancini Sunflower 1970.jpg \| alt = \| released = 1970 \| recorded = 1969–1970 \| venue = \| studio = \| genre = [[Soundtrack]] \| length = 31:15 \| label = [[Avco Records]] \| producer = Henry Mancini \| prev_title = \| prev_year = \| next_title = \| next_year = }} {{Music ratings \| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] \| rev1Score = {{Rating\|5\|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=r6767\|first=\|last=\|accessdate=2020-01-13}}</ref> }} === Track listing === ==== SIDE A ==== 01. Love Theme from "Sunflower" (2:26)<br/> 02. Masha's Theme (1:54)<br/> 03. Giovanna (1:54)<br/> 04. The Search (4:20)<br/> 05. Love in the Sand (Love Theme from "Sunflower") (3:00)<br/> 06. New Home in Moscow (1:20) ==== SIDE B ==== 07. Two Girls ("Masha's Theme and Love Theme from "Sunflower") (2:07)<br/> 08. The Retreat (5:10)<br/> 09. The Invitation (2:04)<br/> 10. Masha Finds Antonio (Masha's Theme) (3:35)<br/> 11. The Parting in Milan (Love Theme From "Sunflower") (3:23) == Awards == * [[David di Donatello]]: Best Actress (Sophia Loren) * [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score\|Best Music, Original Score]] ==See ~~External links~~ also== * [[1970 in film]] * {{IMDb title \| id = 0065782 \| title = I girasoli}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title\|id=0065782\|title=I girasoli}} {{Vittorio De Sica}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunflower (1970 film)}} ~~[[Category:Soviet films]]~~ [[Category:Mosfilm films]] [[Category:~~1970s~~1970 drama films]] [[Category:1970 films]] [[Category:1970 multilingual films]] [[Category:Films directed by Vittorio De Sica]] [[Category:Films set in Italy]] [[Category:Films set in Russia]] [[Category:Films about the Battle of Stalingrad]] [[Category:1970s Italian-language films]] [[Category:~~Italian~~1970s Russian-language films]] ~~[[Category:Russian-language films]]~~ [[Category:Films scored by Henry Mancini]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Cesare Zavattini]] Line 76 ⟶ 153: [[Category:Soviet multilingual films]] [[Category:Films shot in Russia]] [[Category:Soviet World War II films]] [[Category:Russian World War II films]] [[Category:Italian World War II films]] [[Category:1970s Italian films]]