Fiorile

{{Infobox film

| name = Fiorile

| image = Fiorile93poster.jpg

| caption = Italian-language poster

| director = Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

| producer = Grazia Volpi

| writer = Sandro Petraglia
Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani

| narrator =

| starring = Claudio Bigagli
Galatea Ranzi
Michael Vartan

| music = Nicola Piovani

| cinematography = Giuseppe Lanci

| editing = Roberto Perpignani

| distributor = Fine Line Features (US)

| released = {{Film date|1993|05|19|df=y}}

| runtime = 118 minutes

| country = Italy
France
Germany

| language = Italian
French

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Fiorile is a 1993 Italian drama film about a family curse caused by greed. The film was directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and stars Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, and Michael Vartan. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2581/year/1993.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Fiorile |accessdate=2009-08-18|work=festival-cannes.com}}

The title Fiorile allegedly is derived from the month of Floréal (April–May) in the French Republican Calendar. The film is also known as Wild Flower.

Plot

While travelling to visit their grandfather in Tuscany, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted two hundred years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in love with French soldier Jean but while he was distracted by her, Elisabetta's brother Corrado unintentionally stole the regiment's gold that Jean was guarding, causing Jean's death by firing squad and set the curse in train. The Benedettis become wealthy, corrupt and hated by their former friends, who rename them the Maledetti, the 'cursed' (Benedetti means 'blessed'). The children's grandfather Massimo Benedetti is the last man to be directly affected by the curse but will he pass it onto them?

Cast

Claudio Bigagli – Corrado / Alessandro
Galatea Ranzi – Elisabette / Elisa
Michael Vartan – Jean / Massimo
Lino Capolicchio – Luigi
Constanze Engelbrecht – Juliette
Athina Cenci – Gina
Giovanni Guidelli – Elio
Norma Martelli – Livia
Pier Paolo Capponi – Duilio
Chiara Caselli – Chiara
Renato Carpentieri – Massimo as an old Man
Carlo Luca De Ruggieri – Renzo
Laurent Schilling
Fritz Müller-Scherz – University Professor
Laura Scarimbolo – Alfredina

==See also ==

List of Italian films of 1993

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0106911|Fiorile}}
{{Rotten Tomatoes|fiorile|Fiorile}}

Category:1993 films

Category:1993 drama films

Category:1990s Italian-language films

Category:1990s French-language films

Category:Films directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Category:Films scored by Nicola Piovani

Category:1993 multilingual films

Category:Italian multilingual films

Category:French multilingual films

Category:German multilingual films