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The Bad Poet (2021)

Film · 2021 · 106 min · History · Drama

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.

Directed by Gianluca Jodice

Starring Sergio Castellitto, Francesco Patanè, Tommaso Ragno, Clotilde Courau, Fausto Russo Alesi, Massimiliano Rossi, Elena Bucci, Lidia Liberman

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First release anywhere20 May 2021

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