In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of utopia, she makes her art a revolutionary act, even at the cost of sacrificing health and affection—facing her final journey aware she could give up life itself, but not her own true nature.
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Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Eleonora Duse
Fanni Wrochna Désirée
Noémie Merlant Enrichetta Checchi
Fausto Russo Alesi Gabriele D'Annunzio
Edoardo Sorgente Giacomo Rossetti-Dubois
Vincenzo Nemolato Memo Benassi
Gaja Masciale Cecilia Rinaldi
Vincenza Modica Matilde Serao
Mimmo Borrelli Ermete Zacconi Savino Paparella Luciano Nicastrelli
Vincenzo Pirrotta Benito Mussolini
Federico Pacifici Saturnino Ciarcelluti