Leopardi (film)
{{Short description|2014 Italian drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Leopardi
| image = Leopardi (film).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Mario Martone
| producer = Carlo Degli Esposti
Nicola Serra
| writer = Mario Martone
Ippolita Di Majo
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Elio Germano
- Michele Riondino
- Massimo Popolizio
- Anna Mouglalis
- Valerio Binasco
- Paolo Graziosi
- Iaia Forte
- Isabella Ragonese
}}
| music = Apparat
| cinematography = Renato Berta
| editing = Jacopo Quadri
| distributor = 01 Distribution
| released = {{Film date|2014|9|1|Venice|2014|10|16|Italy|df=yes}}
| runtime = 137 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
Neapolitan
}}
Leopardi ({{langx|it|Il giovane favoloso}}) is a 2014 Italian biographical drama film directed by Mario Martone. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/71st-festival/line-up/off-sel/venezia71/ |title=International competition of feature films |accessdate=24 July 2014 |work=Venice |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083927/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/71st-festival/line-up/off-sel/venezia71/ |archivedate=6 October 2014 }}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/venice-film-festival-lineup-2014-movie-list-808803/ |title=Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced |access-date=24 July 2014 |work=Deadline}} It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/toronto-international-film-festival-reveals-7-big-new-lineups-20140812 |title=TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups |access-date=28 August 2014 |work=Indiewire}}
Plot
The film tells the story of the short life of the great Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. He was a noble, born in Recanati, and soon began 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 travel abroad to widen his views and enrich his knowledge, as was usual for European landed gentry in the 19th century, though this desire is at odds with his parents (even if his father had a sensibility akin to his, he 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 on the human condition, coming to the conclusion that unhappiness is a constant factor of human existence, and that in life there is no remedy for this problem. In the 1820s, Leopardi can finally leave his native Recanati, and begin to travel to Rome and Florence where, however, his high expectations of intellectual rewards and public recognition are not achieved. He suffered from repeated instances of unrequited love: that he chiefly felt towards the Countess Fanny Targioni Tozzetti, contributing to Leopardi's negative view of life and human experience. He finally moves to Naples, where a physical affliction results in his premature death.
Cast
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- 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
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Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|3152602|Leopardi}}
{{Mario Martone}}
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Category:2014 biographical drama films
Category:2010s Italian-language films
Category:Italian biographical drama films
Category:Films directed by Mario Martone
Category:Cultural depictions of Italian people