Zvanì - Il romanzo famigliare di Giovanni Pascoli

2025 1h 50m IT

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 14

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Synopsis

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1912. Giovanni Pascoli has died, and a train leaves from Bologna for his funeral. On board, students, officials, and family, including his sister Maria, called Mariù. It is a journey of national mourning, with people from all social classes paying homage to the poet. In Mariù’s recollections, we learn how Giovanni lived: his father’s assassination, his poverty as a youth, his political activism and fraught ties to Giosuè Carducci.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Federico Cesari
Giovanni 'Zvanì' Pascoli
Benedetta Porcaroli
Maria 'Mariù' Pascoli
Liliana Bottone
Ida Pascoli
Luca Vannuccini
Raffaele Pascoli
Sandra Ceccarelli
Zia Rita
Riccardo Scamarcio
Cacciaguerra
Margherita Buy
Emma Corcos
Chiara Ferrara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Giuseppe Piccioni
Writers: Sandro Petraglia, Sandro Petraglia, Eleonora Bordi
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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Released last year.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni, shot by Michele D'Attanasio. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michele Braga. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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ERA

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Editor Esmeralda Calabria shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Federico Cesari and Benedetta Porcaroli and Liliana Bottone carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt34330709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Giuseppe Piccioni directs. Michele D'Attanasio behind the camera. Michele Braga scores. Esmeralda Calabria cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

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Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni, shot by Michele D'Attanasio. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Michele Braga. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Esmeralda Calabria shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Federico Cesari and Benedetta Porcaroli and Liliana Bottone carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt34330709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.