Leopardi. Poet of the Infinite

This event is part of
Italy on Screen Today
9^th Edition
New York, December 5-10, 2024

International Premiere Screening
Leopardi. Poet of the Infinite
(Italy, 2024, 240 min.)
In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles

A 2-Episode Mini-Series Directed by
Sergio Rubini

Starring
Leonardo Maltese, Cristiano Caccamo, Giusy Buscemi,
Valentina Cervi, Alessandro Preziosi, Alessio Boni

Produced by
RAI Fiction, IBC Movie, RAI Com, Marche Film Commission

Distributed by
RAI Fiction

Schedule:

4:30pm
Episode 1 (120 min.)
In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles

6:30pm
– break –

7:00pm
Lead actor Leonardo Maltese
in conversation with
Stefano Albertini, NYU
Followed by the Wind of Europe International Award Ceremony
In ENGLISH

7:30pm
Episode 2 (120 min.)
In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles

Child prodigy. Rebellious teenager. Romantic poet, philosopher, political thinker. Giacomo Leopardi was modernity’s first existentialist, a guiding light for the tumultuous years of the Italian Risorgimento, a cursed man who abused his art and his genius to the point of annihilation. Through the story of his friend Ranieri, we retrace the poet’s life from childhood to his escape from the oppressive family environment, to the clash with emergent liberal and ecclesiastical thought, through his tormented love for Countess Fanny Targioni Tozzetti and his illness, and on to his death.