In the mid-1990s, news broke that poet Dario Bellezza - who was friends with Sandro Penna, Alberto Moravia, Elsa Morante, Anna Maria Ortese, and Pier Paolo Pasolini - had AIDS: this was the beginning of the end for him. Today, friends, poets and literary critics tell the story of the first openly gay writer of Italian literature, one of the symbols of a thriving cultural scene. They called him 'Italy's poète maudit', to which his snarky response would be: "If anything, I was blessed, blessed by the Muses".
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Barbara Alberti
Known for
The Goddess of Fortune
Antonella Amendola
Ulisse Benedetti
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Franco Cordelli
Ninetto Davoli
Known for
Arabian Nights
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Giuseppe Garrera
Maurizio Gregorini
Fiammetta Jori
Renzo Paris
Elio Pecora
Paco Reconti
Known for
The Passion of the Christ
I Am David
Nichi Vendola
Carmen Giardina Director · Massimiliano Palmese Director
First release June 20, 2023
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Italian
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Italian
Release dates
Italy · June 20, 2023
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