Leopardi
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2015
June 4 - 11, 2015
A luscious portrait of the great Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi, from his days as the toast of Florentine literary circles to his death in the Neapolitan countryside.
Writer-director Mario Martone (We Believed) again returns to the 19th century in this sensitive, exquisitely shot portrait of the cherished Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. The son of a domineering count who prizes knowledge over all else, Giacomo (a brilliant Elio Germano) is locked away in a library to study. Yet Giacomo yearns to see the world, and his struggles with social and familial obligations color his Romantic writings about the human condition. When he is finally able to leave the family estate and becomes the toast of Florence’s literary circles, ill health and poor finances stymie his happiness. Shot on the Leopardi estate!
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