A woman recalls the struggles of her Tuscan village with Fascism during World War II one evening while wishing upon a shooting star. This moving account of the final gasp of Nazi occupation in Italy combines harrowingly graphic battle sequences with a moving sense of magical realism. The Taviani brothers' acclaimed portrayal of resistance fighters was celebrated with a Special Jury Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, and cited as best of film of the year by the National Society of Film Critics.