Duse (2025)

6.8/10 122 min Drama History

Overview

In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of utopia, she makes her art a revolutionary act, even at the cost of sacrificing health and affection—facing her final journey aware she could give up life itself, but not her own true nature.

Cast

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Eleonora Duse

Fanni Wrochna

Désirée

Noémie Merlant

Enrichetta Checchi

Fausto Russo Alesi

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Edoardo Sorgente

Giacomo Rossetti-Dubois

Vincenzo Nemolato

Memo Benassi

Gaja Masciale

Cecilia Rinaldi

Vincenza Modica

Matilde Serao

Mimmo Borrelli

Ermete Zacconi

Vincenzo Pirrotta

Benito Mussolini

Federico Pacifici

Saturnino Ciarcelluti

Marcello Mazzarella

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo

Noémie Lvovsky

Sarah Bernhardt

Giovanni Morassutti

Camicia nera

Nathan Macchioni

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