The Bad Poet (2021)

6.0/10 106 min History Drama

Overview

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.

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

Lidia Liberman

Lina

Janina Rudenska

Emy Heufler

Lino Musella

Carletto

Paolo Graziosi

Giovanni's father

Antonio Piovanelli

General Noseda

Marcello Romolo

Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli

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