42nd David di Donatello

42nd David di Donatello
Date	20 April 1997
Site	Teatro delle Vittorie, Rome
Hosted by	Milly Carlucci
Highlights
Best Picture	The Truce
Most awards	The Truce (4)
Most nominations	Nirvana (12)
Television coverage
Network	Rai 1

The 42th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 20 April 1997.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• The Truce, directed by Francesco Rosi
• The Cyclone, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni
• Marianna Ucrìa, directed by Roberto Faenza
• My Generation, directed by Wilma Labate
• Nirvana, directed by Gabriele Salvatores

Best Producer

• Leo Pescarolo, Guido de Laurentiis – The Truce
• Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Rita Rusić, Maurizio Totti – Nirvana
• Giovanni Di Clemente – The Game Bag
• Laurentina Guidotti, Francesco Ranieri Martinotti – Growing Artichokes in Mimongo
• Pietro Valsecchi – An Eyewitness Account

Best Director

• Francesco Rosi – The Truce
• Roberto Faenza – Marianna Ucrìa
• Wilma Labate – My Generation
• Gabriele Salvatores – Nirvana
• Maurizio Zaccaro – The Game Bag

Best New Director

• Fulvio Ottaviano – Growing Artichokes in Mimongo
• Franco Bernini – The Grey Zone
• Ugo Chiti – Albergo Roma
• Roberto Cimpanelli – A Cold, Cold Winter
• Anna Di Francisca – La bruttina stagionata

Best Actor

• Fabrizio Bentivoglio – An Eyewitness Account
• Claudio Amendola – My Generation
• Leonardo Pieraccioni – The Cyclone
• Sergio Rubini – Nirvana
• Carlo Verdone – I'm Crazy About Iris Blond

Best Actress

• Asia Argento – Traveling Companion
• Margherita Buy – An Eyewitness Account
• Iaia Forte – Luna e l'altra
• Claudia Gerini – I'm Crazy About Iris Blond
• Monica Guerritore – La lupa

Best Supporting Actor

• Leo Gullotta – The Game Bag
• Diego Abatantuono – Nirvana
• Antonio Albanese – Vesna Goes Fast
• Claudio Amendola – An Eyewitness Account
• Massimo Ceccherini – The Cyclone

Best Supporting Actress

• Barbara Enrichi – The Cyclone
• Edi Angelillo – La bruttina stagionata
• Andréa Ferréol – I'm Crazy About Iris Blond
• Eva Grieco – Marianna Ucrìa
• Lorenza Indovina – The Truce

David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

• Fabio Carpi – Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
• Marco Bechis, Umberto Cantarello, Lara Fremder, Gigi Riva, Maurizio Zaccaro – The Game Bag
• Pino Cacucci, Gloria Corica, Gabriele Salvatores – Nirvana
• Sandro Petraglia, Francesco Rosi, Stefano Rulli – The Truce
• Leonardo Pieraccioni, Giovanni Veronesi – The Cyclone

Best Cinematography

• Tonino Delli Colli – Marianna Ucrìa
• Pasqualino De Santis, Marco Pontecorvo – The Truce
• Blasco Giurato – The Game Bag
• Giuseppe Lanci – The Prince of Homburg
• Italo Petriccione – Nirvana

Best Production Design

• Danilo Donati – Marianna Ucrìa
• Giancarlo Basili – Nirvana
• Giantito Burchiellaro – The Prince of Homburg
• Andrea Crisanti – The Truce
• Gianni Sbarra – The Elective Affinities

Best Score

• Paolo Conte – How the Toys Saved Christmas
• Luis Bacalov – The Truce
• Carlo Crivelli – The Prince of Homburg
• Federico De Robertis, Mauro Pagani – Nirvana
• Nicola Piovani – My Generation

Best Editing

• Ruggero Mastroianni, Bruno Sarandrea – The Truce
• Francesca Calvelli – The Prince of Homburg
• Massimo Fiocchi – Nirvana
• Mirco Garrone – The Cyclone
• Roberto Perpignani – Marianna Ucrìa

Best Sound

• Tullio Morganti – Nirvana
• Maurizio Argentieri – The Prince of Homburg
• Gaetano Carito – A Cold, Cold Winter
• Tiziano Crotti – Sacred Silence
• Bruno Pupparo – My Generation

Best Costumes

• Danilo Donati – Marianna Ucrìa
• Patrizia Chericoni, Florence Emir – Nirvana
• Lina Nerli Taviani – The Elective Affinities
• Francesca Sartori – The Prince of Homburg
• Alberto Verso – The Truce

Best Short Film

• Senza parole, directed by Antonello De Leo

Best Foreign Film

• Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte

David Scuola

• The Cyclone, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni

Special David Awards

• Marcello Mastroianni
• Claudia Cardinale