In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.
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Elio Germano
Giacomo Leopardi
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Michele Riondino
Antonio Ranieri
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Massimo Popolizio
Monaldo Leopardi
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The Predators
Anna Mouglalis
Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti
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Valerio Binasco
Pietro Giordani
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Paolo Graziosi
Carlo Antici
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Iaia Forte
Mrs. Rosa
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Sandro Lombardi
Father Vincenzo
Also in
Dentro Caravaggio
Il mnemonista
Raffaella Giordano
Adelaide Antici Leopardi
Also in
The Intruder
Edoardo Natoli
Carlo Leopardi
Known for
We Believed
Bartali: The Iron Man
Giovanni Ludeno
Pasquale Ignarra
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5 Is the Perfect Number
My Tennis Maestro
Federica De Cola
Paolina Ranieri
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There Is a Light
Mario Martone Director · Ippolita Di Majo Screenplay Renato Berta Cinematographer
First release September 1, 2014 · Produced in Italy · Production RAI Cinema, MiC
Production
Palomar
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RAI Cinema
Production
MiC
Production
Regione Marche
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Regione Lazio
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Marche Film Commission
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Italy
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Original title
Il giovane favoloso
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2014
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · October 16, 2014
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No release date listed for United States.
Finland
April 27, 2016 · TV
France
April 8, 2015 · Theatrical
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