The Bad Poet
2021•12•1h 46m•6.1•Released
HistoryDrama
1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.
Director
Gianluca Jodice
Writer
Gianluca Jodice
Languages
Italian
Studio
Ascent Film
Cast
Sergio Castellitto
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Francesco Patanè
Giovanni Comini
Tommaso Ragno
Giancarlo Maroni
Clotilde Courau
Amélie Mazoyer
Fausto Russo Alesi
Achille Starace
Massimiliano Rossi
Commissario Rizzo
Elena Bucci
Luisa Baccara
Lidia Liberman
Lina
Janina Rudenska
Emy Heufler
Lino Musella
Carletto
Paolo Graziosi
Giovanni's father
Antonio Piovanelli
General Noseda
Marcello Romolo
Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli
Production
Company
Ascent Film
Company
Bathysphere Productions
Company
MiC
Company
RAI Cinema
Producer
Andrea Paris
Producer
Matteo Rovere
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