Oct 16, 2014
137 min
Full-HD

Leopardi (2014)

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Category

Drama History

Country

Italy

Companies

Palomar RAI Cinema MiC Regione Marche Regione Lazio Marche Film Commission

Elio Germano

Giacomo Leopardi

Michele Riondino

Antonio Ranieri

Massimo Popolizio

Monaldo Leopardi

Anna Mouglalis

Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti

Valerio Binasco

Pietro Giordani

Paolo Graziosi

Carlo Antici

Iaia Forte

Mrs. Rosa

Sandro Lombardi

Father Vincenzo

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