Italy / Sep 01, 2014 / Venice Film Festival
2h 17min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sandro Lombardi | Father Vincenzo |
| Raffaella Giordano | Adelaide Antici Leopardi |
| Edoardo Natoli | Carlo Leopardi |
| Giovanni Ludeno | Pasquale Ignarra |
| Federica De Cola | Paolina Ranieri |
| Giorgia Salari | Maddalena 'Lenina' Pelzet |
| Gloria Ghergo | Teresa Fattorini / 'Silvia' |
| Isabella Ragonese | Paolina Leopardi |
| Vanni Leopardi | cocchiere |
| Franco Javarone | Ginardo |
| Sergio Albelli | Signor Lenzoni |
| Eugenio Allegri | Gian Pietro Viesseux |
| Fernando Beccaceci | Maggiordomo |
| Salvatore Cantalupo | |
| Renato Carpentieri | |
| Gino De Luca | Don Isidoro |
| Pio del Prete | gendarme |
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| Denis Fasolo | Niccolò Tommaseo |
| Federico Fazioli | Filippo Solari |
| Tiberio Fiori | Maniscalco |
| Veronica Lazăr | Marianna Mattei Antici |
| Valter Malosti | Ferdinando Pelzet |
| Nello Mascia | Dottor Mannella |
| Enzo Moscato | Sacerdote |
| Danilo Nigrelli | Giovanni Battista Niccolini |
| Kostas Papanastasiou | Margasis |
| Enzo Salomone | Monsignor Cupis |
| Mattia Sbragia | Barone De Corbis |
| Luciana Zazzera | Ostessa |
| Angela Di Matteo | Prostituta 1 |
| Roberto Di Pietro | Bottegaio |
| Carlo Falciani | Editore |
| Jurij Ferrini | |
| Demi Licata | prostituta 2 |
| Bruna Rossi |
Genres
DramaHistory
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Il giovane favoloso |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Palomar, RAI Cinema, MiC, Regione Marche, Regione Lazio, Marche Film Commission |
| Release date | 16 ottobre 2014 |
| Production | Nicola Serra, Carlo Degli Esposti, Patrizia Massa, Paolo Del Brocco |
| Writer | Ippolita Di Majo, Mario Martone |
| Casting | Paola Rota, Raffaele Di Florio |
| Editing | Jacopo Quadri, Sara Petracca |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta, Renaud Personnaz |
| Assistant directors | Barbara Melega, Guido Colla, Edoardo Petti, Gianni Monciotti, Fiorella Giovanelli, Mario Martone |
| Camera operators | Renaud Personnaz, Renato Berta |
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| Additional photography | Renaud Personnaz, Renato Berta |
| Production design | Giancarlo Muselli, Stefano Paltrinieri, Carlo Rescigno |
| Art direction | Carlo Rescigno, Stefano Paltrinieri, Giancarlo Muselli |
| Set decoration | Stefano Paltrinieri, Giancarlo Muselli, Carlo Rescigno |
| Visual effects | Rodolfo Migliari |
| Music | Sascha Ring, Silvia Moraes, Alessandro Zanon, Paolo Segat |
| Sound | Silvia Moraes, Sascha Ring, Alessandro Zanon, Paolo Segat |
| Costume design | Ursula Patzak, Aldo Signoretti, Alberta Giuliani, Maurizio Silvi |
| Makeup | Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti, Alberta Giuliani, Ursula Patzak |
| Hairstyling | Aldo Signoretti, Alberta Giuliani, Ursula Patzak, Maurizio Silvi |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Italy / Oct 16, 2014 / T
France / Apr 08, 2015 / U
TV
Finland / Apr 27, 2016 / S
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