Italian director Paolo Taviani died in a Rome clinic aged 92 Thursday after a short illness, six years after his brother and long-time collaborator Vittorio with whom he made a string of critically acclaimed movies.
Vittorio Taviani died on April 14, 2018.
Paolo dies in the arms of his wife Lina Nerli and his children Ermanno and Valentina, the family said.
At the Cannes Film Festival, the Taviani brothers won the Palme d'Or for cult classic Padre Padrone in 1977 and the Grand Prix du Jury for La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars) in 1982.
In 2012 they won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with Caesar Must Die.
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