Wait Until Spring, Bandini (film)

Wait Until Spring, Bandini is a 1989 film written and directed by Dominique Deruddere, based upon the novel of the same name by John Fante. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film and won three Joseph Plateau Awards.[1]

Wait Until Spring, Bandini
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Directed byDominique Deruddere
Screenplay byDominique Deruddere
Based onWait Until Spring, Bandini
by John Fante
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJean-François Robin
Edited byLudo Troch
Music byAngelo Badalamenti
Production
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Distributed byOrion Classics
Release date
  • 29 June 1989 (1989-06-29) (US)
Running time
100 min.
Countries
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Italy
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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The film follows the Bandini family as they struggle through hard times in 1920s Colorado. Unemployed and broke, Svevo Bandini (Joe Mantegna) tries to come up with the money his family needs to make it through the winter, while putting up with his difficult mother-in-law (Renata Vanni), his nervous wife (Ornella Muti), and his three young boys.

Principal cast

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Production

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Parts of the film were shot in Orem and Ogden, Utah.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Wait Until Spring, Bandini – IMDb".
  2. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
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