Dante Alighieri, unanimously recognized as the father of the Italian language, is one of the figures who has most influenced the history and culture of our country, the European continent and the entire western world.
The Italian Institute of Culture is pleased to present the film “Dante” by Maestro Pupi Avati, which celebrates the work and life of the Supreme Poet.
The film tells the story of the poet through the words of Boccaccio, who in 1350 undertook a journey to find Dante’s daughter. Boccaccio recounts the important moments in the poet’s life, from his encounter with Beatrice to his friendship with Guido Cavalcanti, from the conflicts between Blacks and Whites to his arrival in politics before the ‘infinite exile’. Interwoven in the plot emerge the characters of the Divine Comedy, from Paolo and Francesca to Count Ugolino, in the form of stories collected by Dante along his travels. A journey that spans time, between present and past, and, along with the deep humanity of the protagonists, offers the viewer a beautiful gallery of villages, castles, churches, and frescoes in central Italy.
In my many films I told how exceptional, even heroic, the normality of human beings can be. Now I have tried to say that, however sublime, the genius, shares, as each of us would, the anxieties that life reserves for us. Being able to narrate Dante Alighieri for his humanity, was that gift that I had been waiting for twenty years. Pupi Avati.
Director: Pupi Avati;
Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Alessandro Sperduti, Enrico Lo Verso, Alessandro Haber;
Genre: Dramatic;
In Italian with English subtitles.
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