The Bad Poet

Plot Summary

1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.

Top Cast

Sergio Castellitto Gabriele D'Annunzio

Francesco Patanè Giovanni Comini

Tommaso Ragno Giancarlo Maroni

Clotilde Courau Amélie Mazoyer

Fausto Russo Alesi Achille Starace