Hiding from Fascism: ‘The Garden of the Finzi-Continis’
In this episode, we turn to Vittorio De Sica’s The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, an Oscar-winning adaptation of Giorgio Bassani’s semi-autobiographical novel. Set in Ferrara during the late 1930s, the film follows an aristocratic Jewish family who retreat behind the walls of their estate as Mussolini’s racial laws begin to strip away Jewish rights. Their […]