Leopardi (film)
| Leopardi | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mario Martone |
| Written by |
Mario Martone Ippolita Di Majo |
| Starring | Elio Germano |
| Music by | Sascha Ring |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta |
Release dates |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language |
Italian Neapolitan |
Leopardi (Italian: Il giovane favoloso) is a 2014 Italian drama film directed by Mario Martone. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.[1][2] It has also been selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
Plot
The film tells the short life of the great Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. A noble, his birth's in Recanati, and soon Giacomo learns to study Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic and English in the rich library of his palace that his father built. Giacomo, however, possessing an inquisitive, restless spirit, would like to know to travel abroad to widen his views and enrich his knowledge, as was usual for European landed gentry in the 19th century. Still this desire of his lies at odds with his parents (his father, while possessing a sensibility akin to his, is too bound by the social conventions and the expectations tied to his role as 'Pater Familias'; his mother, on the other hand, is too busy shoring up the household declining fortunes to even care about intellectual aspirations). So the poet begins to write his first works, reflecting about human condition, coming to the conclusion that unhappiness is a costant factor of human existence, and that in life there is no way to remedy this problem. In 1820s, Leopardi can finally leave the native Recanati, and travels to Rome and Florence where, however, his high expectations of intellectual rewards and public recognition are frustrated. Suffering from repeated instances of unrequited love: chiefly that he felt towards the Countess Fanny Targioni Tozzetti, contribute to Leopardi's negative view of life and human experience. Finally he moves to Naples, where a physical decadence led him to death.
Cast
- Elio Germano as Giacomo Leopardi
- Isabella Ragonese as Paolina Leopardi
- Anna Mouglalis as Fanny Targioni Tozzetti
- Michele Riondino as Antonio Ranieri
- Massimo Popolizio as Monaldo Leopardi
- Valerio Binasco as Pietro Giordani
- Paolo Graziosi as Carlo Antici
- Iaia Forte as Miss Rosa
Awards
| Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
| 71st Venice International Film Festival[4][5] | Gold Lion | Mario Martone | Nominated | |
| Pasinetti Award for Best Actor | Elio Germano | Won | ||
| Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award for Best Actor | Elio Germano | Won | ||
| Piccioni Award | Sascha Ring | Won | ||
| Akai Award for Best Actress | Iaia Forte | Won | ||
References
- ↑ "International competition of feature films". Venice. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced". Deadline. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ "Festival di Venezia 2014: ecco tutti i premi della 71ma Mostra del Cinema". ComingSoon.it. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ "Venezia71, Anime Nere vince il Premio Akai, migliori attori Antonori e Forte". la Nuova di Venezia. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
External links
- Leopardi at the Internet Movie Database