The film was given a rapturous review in '' The New Yorker '' by the critic Pauline Kael , who wrote , " '' The Night of the Shooting Stars '' is so good it 's thrilling . This new film encompasses a vision of the world . Comedy , tragedy , vaudeville , melodrama - they 're all here , and inseparable ... In its feeling and completeness , '' Shooting Stars '' may be close to the rank of Jean Renoir 's bafflingly beautiful '' Grand Illusion '' ... unreality does n't seem divorced from experience ( as it does with Fellini ) - it 's experience made more intense ... For the Tavianis , as for Cecilia , the search for the American liberators is the time of their lives . For an American audience , the film stirs warm but tormenting memories of a time when we were beloved and were a hopeful people . " In July 2018 , it was selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section at the 75th Venice International Film Festival
75th Venice International Film Festival
75th Venice International Film Festival
The Night of the Shooting Stars