Synopsis
In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of utopia, she makes her art a revolutionary act, even at the cost of sacrificing health and affection—facing her final journey aware she could give up life itself, but not her own true nature.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
45 audience votes
Key crew
- Letizia RussoScreenplay
- Pietro MarcelloDirector
- Guido SileiScreenplay
- Pietro MarcelloScreenplay
- Marco MessinaOriginal Music Composer
- Sacha RicciOriginal Music Composer
- Fabrizio ElveticoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Valeria Bruni TedeschiEleonora Duse
- Fanni WrochnaDésirée
- Noémie MerlantEnrichetta Checchi
- Fausto Russo AlesiGabriele D'Annunzio
- Edoardo SorgenteGiacomo Rossetti-Dubois
- Vincenzo NemolatoMemo Benassi
- Gaja MascialeCecilia Rinaldi
- Vincenza ModicaMatilde Serao
- Mimmo BorrelliErmete Zacconi
- Savino PaparellaLuciano Nicastrelli
- Vincenzo PirrottaBenito Mussolini
- Federico PacificiSaturnino Ciarcelluti