The tormented life of Dante Alighieri, from solitary childhood to death in exile, seen through Giovanni Boccaccio’s journey to rehabilitate his memory.
Production
Painstaking 14th-century Italy recreation on a shoestring.
Acting
Castellitto's Boccaccio: desperate archival husband energy.

Director
Pupi Avati
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Avati spent decades trying to make this; the 5.1 TMDB score suggests audiences weren't waiting with him.
Boccaccio literally invented the word 'Dante' as a first name through his biography—this film is about the original fanfic writer.