Cineforum at the Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi with a masterpiece by Pupi Avati, renowned Italian film director.
December 6 | 6PM
Italian Cultural Institute Abu Dhabi
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The life of the “sommo poeta Dante” in the free version of Pupi Avati and interpreted by Alessandro Sperduti with Sergio Castellitto (Giovanni Boccaccio), Carlotta Gamba (Beatrice) ed Enrico Lo Verso (Donato degli Albanzani). The Italian Community, expat and Emirates altogether at the IIC to watch a film that marks the history of the Italian Cinema. It will be possible to open a debate or a conversation after the movie.
Synopsis
Florence, 1350. The poet Boccaccio is commissioned in Florence in 1350 to bring ten gold florins to Beatrice, Dante Alighieri’s daughter, a nun in a monastery in Ravenna. We therefore follow the journey of the poet, in the footsteps of a Dante in perpetual flight.
As retrospective we see the life of the young Dante unfold in long flashbacks: the meeting with Beatrice when he was only 9 years old, a soldier in the war against Arezzo, the clash with his arch-enemy Pope Boniface VIII. Avati shows romantic moments, such as when the poet hears the story of Paolo and Francesca.
Language: IT | Subtitles: EN
Duration: 94 minutes
