"In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry."
Elio Germano
as Giacomo Leopardi
Michele Riondino
as Antonio Ranieri
Massimo Popolizio
as Monaldo Leopardi
Anna Mouglalis
as Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti
Valerio Binasco
as Pietro Giordani
Paolo Graziosi
as Carlo Antici
Iaia Forte
as Mrs. Rosa
Sandro Lombardi
as Father Vincenzo
Raffaella Giordano
as Adelaide Antici Leopardi
Edoardo Natoli
as Carlo Leopardi
Giovanni Ludeno
as Pasquale Ignarra
Federica De Cola
as Paolina Ranieri
Giorgia Salari
as Maddalena 'Lenina' Pelzet
Gloria Ghergo
as Teresa Fattorini / 'Silvia'
Isabella Ragonese
as Paolina Leopardi
Vanni Leopardi
as cocchiere
Franco Javarone
as Ginardo
Sergio Albelli
as Signor Lenzoni
Eugenio Allegri
as Gian Pietro Viesseux
Fernando Beccaceci
as Maggiordomo
Salvatore Cantalupo
as
Renato Carpentieri
Gino De Luca
as Don Isidoro
Pio del Prete
as gendarme
Denis Fasolo
as Niccolò Tommaseo
Federico Fazioli
as Filippo Solari
Tiberio Fiori
as Maniscalco
Veronica Lazăr
as Marianna Mattei Antici
Valter Malosti
as Ferdinando Pelzet
Nello Mascia
as Dottor Mannella
Enzo Moscato
as Sacerdote
Danilo Nigrelli
as Giovanni Battista Niccolini
Kostas Papanastasiou
as Margasis
Enzo Salomone
as Monsignor Cupis
Mattia Sbragia
as Barone De Corbis
Luciana Zazzera
as Ostessa
Angela Di Matteo
as Prostituta 1
Roberto Di Pietro
as Bottegaio
Carlo Falciani
as Editore
Jurij Ferrini
Demi Licata
as prostituta 2
Bruna Rossi
Ippolita Di Majo
Screenplay
Jacopo Quadri
Editor
Sascha Ring
Music
Giancarlo Muselli
Production Design
Carlo Rescigno
Art Direction
Stefano Paltrinieri
Set Decoration
Ursula Patzak
Costume Design
Aldo Signoretti
Hairdresser
Alberta Giuliani
Maurizio Silvi
Makeup Artist
Alessandro Zanon
Sound
Silvia Moraes
Sound Editor
Paolo Segat
Sound Mixer
Barbara Melega
First Assistant Director
Edoardo Petti
Second Assistant Director
Guido Colla
Paola Rota
Casting
Raffaele Di Florio
Renaud Personnaz
Camera Operator
Riccardo Borni
Production Manager
Lorenzo Luccarini
Rodolfo Migliari
Visual Effects Supervisor
Sara Petracca
Assistant Editor
Marco Camilli
Delegated Producer
Nicola Serra
Producer
Gianni Monciotti
Continuity
Fiorella Giovanelli
Script Supervisor
Mario Martone
Director
Carlo Degli Esposti
Patrizia Massa
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Paolo Del Brocco
Co-Producer
