The bad romance between Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti, two of the foremost movie stars in Fascist Italy, who were supporters of the regime to the bitter end, and shared its brutal downfall.
Acting
Bellucci weaponizes her own iconography brilliantly.
Production
Sumptuous recreation of fascist Italy's hollow golden age.
Direction
Giordana refuses to let his leads off the hook.
Director
Marco Tullio Giordana
Monica Bellucci
Luisa Ferida
Luca Zingaretti
Osvaldo Valenti
Alessio Boni
Golfiero 'Taylor' Goffredi
Maurizio Donadoni
Vero Marozin
Giovanni Visentin
Sturla
Luigi Diberti
Cardi
Paolo Bonanni
Pietro Koch
Mattia Sbragia
Corazza
Lavinia Longhi
Desy
Marina Rocco
Gioietta
Tresy Taddei
Irene
Manrico Gammarota
Podestà
Aurora Quattrocchi
Countess of Dogali
Stefano Scandaletti
Piero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bellucci had previously played a WWII-era Italian actress in Malèna — this is her darker, historically accurate corrective.
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