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LEOPARDI (IL GIOVANE FAVOLOSO)
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Completed - ITALIAN - Drama - 135 minutes

Log Line

The poet Leopardi abhors hypocrisy, is unlucky in love but fortunate in friendship. He will find inspiration in the poverty and vitality of Naples.

Previous markets

  • Ventana Sur 2014 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2015 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Mario MARTONE
Writer(s) : Mario MARTONE, Ippolita DI MAJO
Cast : Elio GERMANO, Michele RIONDINO, Anna MOUGLALIS, Isabella RAGONESE

Producer(s) : Carlo DEGLI ESPOSTI (PALOMAR), Patrizia MASSA (PALOMAR), Nicola SERRA (PALOMAR)

Synopsis

Leopardi is a child prodigy who grows up under the relentless gaze of his father, in a house that is a library. His mind travels far but his home is a prison. While he reads about everything, the universe remains outside.
In Europe, the world is changing, revolutions erupt, and Giacomo desperately searches for contact with the outside world. At the age of twenty-four, when he finally leaves Recanati, Italy’s high society opens its doors to him, but our rebel does not fit in. In Florence, he becomes entangled in a love triangle between Antonio Ranieri, the Neapolitan friend with whom he shares a house in the bohemian fashion, and the beautiful Fanny. In the end, he moves to Naples with Ranieri, where
he becomes immersed in the desperate and vital spectacle of the working-class city. A cholera epidemic breaks out: Giacomo and Ranieri complete the last leg of their long journey, to reach a villa immersed in the countryside at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius.

Production

Country(ies) : ITALY

FRANCE Apr 08, 2015 PANAME DISTRIBU


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Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2014 European Cinema
TIFF - TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014 2014 (Contemporary World Cinema)
LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2014 (VENEZIA 71)


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