Love Sins

Overview

A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century Italy and France when the artistic style, Decadentismo, was beginning to take shape, the film focuses on D'Annunzio's life when he was already an established poet and journalist in Rome. A staunch opponent of democracy and commoners, he searches for passion and pleasure among the wealthy and noble. One such noblewoman Elvira Fraternali Leoni, serves as the muse for his first novel - The Pleasure (Il Piacere).

Cast

Robert Powell

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Stefania Sandrelli

Elvira Fraternali Leoni

Laurent Terzieff

Michetti

Florence Guérin

Clo Albrini

Sonia Petrovna

Maria Cruyllas di Gravina

Teresa Ann Savoy

Maria di Gallese

Fiorenza Marchegiani

Olga Ossani

Paolo Bonacelli

Ercole Leoni

Roberto Alpi

Edoardo Scarfoglio

Cesare Barbetti

De Bosis