The 42th David di Donatello ceremony, presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, was held on 20 April 1997.
Winners and nominees
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
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
Francesco Rosi – The Truce Roberto Faenza – Marianna Ucrìa Wilma Labate – My Generation Gabriele Salvatores – Nirvana Maurizio Zaccaro – The Game Bag 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 Fabrizio Bentivoglio – An Eyewitness Account Claudio Amendola – My Generation Leonardo Pieraccioni – The Cyclone Sergio Rubini – Nirvana Carlo Verdone – I'm Crazy About Iris Blond 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 Leo Gullotta – The Game Bag Diego Abatantuono – Nirvana Antonio Albanese – Vesna Goes Fast Claudio Amendola – An Eyewitness Account Massimo Ceccherini – The Cyclone 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 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
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 Danilo Donati – Marianna Ucrìa Giancarlo Basili – Nirvana Giantito Burchiellaro – The Prince of Homburg Andrea Crisanti – The Truce Gianni Sbarra – The Elective Affinities 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 Ruggero Mastroianni, Bruno Sarandrea – The Truce Francesca Calvelli – The Prince of Homburg Massimo Fiocchi – Nirvana Mirco Garrone – The Cyclone Roberto Perpignani – Marianna Ucrìa
Tullio Morganti – Nirvana Maurizio Argentieri – The Prince of Homburg Gaetano Carito – A Cold, Cold Winter Tiziano Crotti – Sacred Silence Bruno Pupparo – My Generation 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 Senza parole, directed by Antonello De Leo Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte
The Cyclone, directed by Leonardo PieraccioniMarcello Mastroianni Claudia Cardinale
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