| Director: | Pietro Marcello |
|---|---|
| Production: | Palomar – a Mediawan company (Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Marco Grifoni), Avventurosa (Benedetta Cappon), Rai Cinema, PiperFilm, Ad Vitam Films, Berta Film |
| Running Time: | 125’ |
| Language: | Italian |
| Country: | Italy |
| Main Cast: | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fanni Wrochna, Noémie Merlant, Fausto Russo Alesi, Edoardo Sorgente, Vincenzo Nemolato, with the participation of Noémie Lvovsky |
| Screenplay: | Letizia Russo, Guido Silei, Pietro Marcello |
| Cinematographer: | Marco Graziaplena |
| Editor: | Fabrizio Federico, Cristiano Travaglioli, Alessio Franco, Luca Carrera |
| Production Designer: | Gaspare De Pascali |
| Costume Designer: | Ursula Patzak |
| Music: | Marco Messina, Sacha Ricci, Fabrizio Elvetico |
| Sound: | Denny De Angelis, Federico Cabula, Alessandro Feletti |
| Visual Effects: | Arianna Capra |
Cinema
Duse
Venezia 82 Competition
Synopsis
Eleonora Duse’s legendary career seems over, but in the ferocious times between the Great War and the rise of fascism, the Divina feels a call stronger than any resignation and returns to where her life began: on stage.
It’s not just the call to acting that drives her, but a profound urgency: the need to reaffirm herself in a world that is inexorably changing and threatens to take everything from her, even the independence she earned with a lifetime of work. Unexpected financial setbacks force her to make a choice, and so, once again, Eleonora chooses the theatre as the only space of truth and resistance.
With her art as her only weapon, she defies time and disenchantment, transforming every word and gesture into a revolutionary act. But the price of beauty against the brutality of power and history is high: her loved ones seem to fade away, and her health deteriorates. Yet, Eleonora will face her final journey, demonstrating that one can renounce life itself, but never one’s own nature.
Director’s Statement
Eleonora Duse struck me for the contradictions that marked her existence. Behind the great successes of the Divina lay equally sensational failures, which, in my opinion, are one of the most interesting lines of interpretation. The choice to focus on the last years of her life came naturally. Duse faces her final assessment: with her talent, with her body, with motherhood, with D’Annunzio, with the history of Italy. I didn’t want to make a biopic, but rather to recount the soul of a woman, an artist, in an era of great historical upheaval, with the opportunity to explore themes dear to me: on the one hand, the role of the artist in the face of tragedies such as war, poverty, and pain; on the other, the possible facets of the relationship between art and power.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1:
Palomar - Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Marco Grifoni
Via Guglielmo Imperiali di Francavilla, 4
00135 Roma, Italia
Tel: +39 063759681
E-mail: palomar@palomaronline.com
Web: http://www.palomaronline.com
Social Media:
PRODUCTION 2:
Avventurosa - Benedetta Cappon
Viale Carlo Felice, 89
00185 Roma, Italia
Tel: +39 0687655957
E-mail: info@avventurosa.net
Web: http://www.avventurosa.net
Social Media:
WORLD SALES:
The Match Factory
Domstrasse 60
50668 Cologne, Germany
Tel: +49 2215397090
E-mail: sales@matchfactory.de
Web: http://www.the-match-factory.com
ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION:
PiperFilm - Davide Novelli
Via Sardegna, 50
00195 Roma, Italia
Tel: +39 347 1258771
E-mail: a.vagnarelli@piper.film
INTERNATIONAL PRESS OFFICE:
Claudia Tomassini, Paola Schettino Nobile - claudiatomassini + associates
E-mail: festivals@claudiatomassini.com
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE:
Manuela Cavallari - Fosforo
Via Nicolò Piccolomini, 1
00165 Roma, Italia
Tel: +39 06 83795464 / +39 3496891660
E-mail: manuela.cavallari@fosforopress.com
