The Bad Poet (2021)
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.
- Released
- 2021-05-20
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gianluca Jodice, Gianluca Jodice
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 144 votes
Cast
- Sergio Castellitto as Gabriele D'Annunzio
- Francesco Patanè as Giovanni Comini
- Tommaso Ragno as Giancarlo Maroni
- Clotilde Courau as Amélie Mazoyer
- Fausto Russo Alesi as Achille Starace
- Massimiliano Rossi as Commissario Rizzo
- Elena Bucci as Luisa Baccara
- Lidia Liberman as Lina
- Janina Rudenska as Emy Heufler
- Lino Musella as Carletto
- Paolo Graziosi as Giovanni's father
- Antonio Piovanelli as General Noseda