Wait Until Spring, Bandini (film)

Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
	Movie poster
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 (US);
Running time	100 min.
Countries	Belgium; France; Italy; United States;
Language	English

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]

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Wait Until Spring, Bandini – IMDb".
^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

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[1] "Wait Until Spring, Bandini – IMDb".

[2] D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

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v t e Belgian Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
1976–1989	The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976) In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977) Les Rendez-vous d'Anna – Chantal Akerman (1978) Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979) My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980) Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981) Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982) Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983) Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985) The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986) Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987) The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988) Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989)
1990–2009	Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990) Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991) Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992) Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993) The Sexual Life of the Belgians – Jan Bucquoy (1994) Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995) La Promesse – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1996) Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997) Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1999) Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000) No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001) The Son – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2002) On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003) Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004) L'Enfant – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006) Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007) Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008) Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)
2010–present	Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010) Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011) Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012) Kid – Fien Troch (2013) Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2014) The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015) After Love – Joachim Lafosse (2016) Home – Fien Troch (2017) Girl – Lukas Dhont (2018) Our Mothers – César Díaz (2019) Adoration – Fabrice Du Welz (2020) Playground – Laura Wandel (2021) Close – Lukas Dhont (2022) Love According to Dalva – Emmanuelle Nicot (2023)