D'Annunzio (film)

D'Annunzio (internationally released as D'Annunzio and I and Love Sin) is a 1987 Italian biographical film directed by Sergio Nasca.[1]

D'Annunzio
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed bySergio Nasca
Written bySergio Nasca
Piero Chiara
StarringRobert Powell
Stefania Sandrelli
CinematographyRomano Albani
Edited byNino Baragli
Music bySergio Sandrelli
Release date
  • February 3, 1987 (1987-02-03) (Italy)
Running time
113 min
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

Plot summary

The film focuses on Decadentism, that developed in France and Italy in the late 19th century. Gabriele d'Annunzio is a renowned poet, coming from the rural region of Abruzzo, from the seaside town of Pescara. He is already famous for his aesthetic poetry, and he's also a journalist in Rome. There d'Annunzio begins to spend his days in worldly pleasure, living purely in the art world and in high society. He hates democracy, hates mass culture even more, and looks for passion and pleasure in the rich ladies of the court; until he meets Lady Elvira Fraternali Leoni, known affectionately as "Barbara". This love affair arouses in d'Annunzio the inspiration for the writing of his first great novel of Decadentism: Pleasure (Il Piacere).

Background

While in Rome between 1891 and 1897, Emil Fuchs had an affair with Elvira Fraternali, and this affair is one of the sources for the plot.[2][3]

Cast

Release

The film was released in Italy on February 3, 1987.[4]

See also

References
  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
  2. Thomas Cool. "Emil Fuchs 1866-1929". thomascool.eu. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. Dearinger, David Bernard, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Hudson Hills for National Academy of Design, U.S., 2004. ISBN 9781555950293
  4. "Prime visioni Roma - D'Annunzio (Prima)" (in Italian). archiviostorico.unita.it. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-13.


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