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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 by	Dominique Deruddere
Screenplay by	Dominique Deruddere
Based on	Wait Until Spring, Bandini by John Fante
Produced by	Shay Cunliffe Tom Luddy Erwin Provoost Fred Roos
Starring	Joe Mantegna Faye Dunaway Burt Young
Cinematography	Jean-François Robin
Edited by	Ludo Troch
Music by	Angelo Badalamenti
Production company	Zoetrope Studios
Distributed by	Orion Classics
Release date	29 June 1989 (1989-06-29) (US)
Running time	100 min.
Countries	Belgium France Italy United States
Language	English

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

• Joe Mantegna as Svevo Bandini
• Ornella Muti as Maria Bandini
• Faye Dunaway as Mrs. Hildegarde
• Michael Bacall as Arturo Bandini
• Daniel Wilson as August Bandini
• Alex Vincent as Federico Bandini
• Burt Young as Rocco Saccone
• Tanya Lopert as Sister Celia
• Renata Vanni as Donna Toscana
• Jean-Louis Sbille as Bank Employee

Production

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

References

External links

• Wait Until Spring, Bandini at IMDb
• Wait Until Spring, Bandini at AllMovie

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