Vinicio Gioli

The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.

In post war Italy during the fifties it is very difficult to find a house to rent and a family ends up living in a former brothel.