Streaming Available April 19-23
The year is 1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to monitor 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.
The film is inspired by the book “D’Annunzio and the Fascist Octopus” by Italian journalist and writer Roberto Festorazzi.
Please read our COVID policy before registering for this in-person event. Seats are limited.
Directed by Gianluca Jodice
Italy, 2021 – 106 min
Film in Italian with English subtitles
LOCATION
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
REGISTRATION & PHOTO ID REQUIRED
DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR EVENT START-TIME
A registration is not a guarantee of a seat as these are assigned on a first-come first-served basis. Doors close at event start-time. Ticket availability date subject to change. Duplicate registrations with same name, and from the same email, are not allowed.
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