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Wait Until Spring, Bandini is a belge film of genre Drama directed by Dominique Deruddere with Joe Mantegna
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h40
Directed by Dominique Deruddere
OriginBelgique
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Rating61%
Wait Until Spring, Bandini is a 1989 film written and directed by Dominique Deruddere, based upon the novel by John Fante. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film and won three Joseph Plateau Awards.
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Synopsis
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 two young boys.Actors
Joe Mantegna
(Bandini)
Faye Dunaway
(Mrs. Hildegarde)
Burt Young
(Rocco)
Ornella Muti
(Maria)
Michael Bacall
(Arturo)
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