| Leopardi | |
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| Directed by | Mario Martone |
| Written by | Mario Martone Ippolita Di Majo |
| Produced by | Carlo Degli Esposti Nicola Serra |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta |
| Edited by | Jacopo Quadri |
| Music by | Apparat |
| Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Italian Neapolitan |
Leopardi (Italian:Il giovane favoloso) is a 2014 Italianbiographicaldrama film directed byMario Martone. It was selected to compete for theGolden Lion at the71st Venice International Film Festival.[1][2] It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
The film tells the story of the short life of the great Italian poetGiacomo Leopardi. He was a noble, born inRecanati, and soon began to study Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic and English in the rich library of his palace that his father built. Giacomo, however, possessing an inquisitive, restless spirit, would like to travel abroad to widen his views and enrich his knowledge, as was usual for Europeanlanded gentry in the 19th century, though this desire is at odds with his parents (even if his father had a sensibility akin to his, he is too bound by thesocial conventions and the expectations tied to his role aspater familias; his mother, on the other hand, is too busy shoring up the household declining fortunes to even care about intellectual aspirations). So the poet begins to write his first works, reflecting on thehuman condition, coming to the conclusion thatunhappiness is a constant factor ofhuman existence, and that in life there is no remedy for this problem. In the 1820s, Leopardi can finally leave his native Recanati, and begin to travel toRome andFlorence where, however, his high expectations of intellectual rewards and public recognition are not achieved. He suffered from repeated instances of unrequited love: that he chiefly felt towards the Countess Fanny Targioni Tozzetti, contributing to Leopardi's negative view of life and human experience. He finally moves toNaples, where a physical affliction results in his premature death.
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| Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
| 71st Venice International Film Festival[4][5] | Golden Lion | Mario Martone | Nominated | |
| Pasinetti Award for Best Actor | Elio Germano | Won | ||
| Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival Award for Best Actor | Elio Germano | Won | ||
| Piccioni Award | Sascha Ring | Won | ||
| Akai Award for Best Actress | Iaia Forte | Won | ||
| 60thDavid di Donatello Awards[6] | Best Film | Palomar andRai Cinema | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Mario Martone | Nominated | ||
| Best Script | Mario Martone andIppolita Di Majo | Nominated | ||
| Best Producer | Palomar and Rai Cinema | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Elio Germano | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Renato Berta | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Giancarlo Muselli | Won | ||
| Best Costumes | Ursula Patzak | Won | ||
| Best Make-up | Maurizio Silvi | Won | ||
| Best Hairstyling | Aldo Signoretti andAlberta Giuliani | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Jacopo Quadri | Nominated | ||
| Best Score | Sacha Ring | Nominated | ||
| Best Visual Effects | Chromatica | Nominated | ||
| Youngs' David | Mario Martone | Nominated | ||