D'Annunzio (film)

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D'Annunzio
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Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by Sergio Nasca
Written bySergio Nasca
Piero Chiara
Starring Robert Powell
Stefania Sandrelli
Cinematography Romano Albani
Edited by Nino Baragli
Music bySergio Sandrelli
Release date
  • February 3, 1987 (1987-02-03)(Italy)
Running time
113 min
Country Italy
LanguagesItalian
English

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

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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]

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References

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  2. Thomas Cool. "Emil Fuchs 1866-1929". thomascool.eu. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
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