The Best of Youth , is a 2003 Italian film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. Originally planned as a four-part mini-series, it was presented at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival where it won the prestigious Un Certain Regard award. It was then given a theatrical release in Italy in two three-hour parts in which 40 minutes were edited out. The complete version was aired in Italy from December 7 to 15, 2003 on Rai Uno in four parts. In the U. S., the film was screened in several cities in two three-hour parts. The two-disc DVD of the film is similarly divided. Giordana, who directed a film about... the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini, again paid tribute to the director in this film, as its title comes from a Pasolini poem. The film falls within the tradition of several Italian films that cover expansive times of Italian history through the story of one family, such as Rocco and His Brothers and The Leopard. The Best of Youth is a family saga set in Italy from 1966 through 2003.
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| Release date: | 2003 |
| Directed by: | Marco Tullio Giordana |
| Runtime: | 400 Minutes |
| Producer: | Angelo Barbagallo |
| Editor: | Roberto Missiroli |
| Screenplay by: | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli |