The Bad Poet
(2021)
★ 6.1 IMDb · 144 votes
Year: 2021
Runtime: 106 мин
Country: Italy, France
Director: Gianluca Jodice
Cast: Серджо Кастеллитто, Francesco Patanè, Томмазо Раньо, Клотильда Куро, Фаусто Руссо Алези, Massimiliano Rossi, Елена Буччи, Lidia Liberman, Janina Rudenska, Lino Musella
Plot
1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.
1936. Giovanni Comini has just been promoted to Federal, the youngest in Italy. He gets summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: he must survey Gabriele D'Annunzio and make sure that he does not cause any trouble. D'Annunzio, a nationally respected poet, is getting restless and Benito Mussolini fears that he could damage the alliance with Nazi Germany. However, Comini is only a small cog in the political wheel that begins to unravel, and the young federal finds himself divided between his loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, which will put his blooming career at risk.