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title: 'The Bad Poet (2020)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gianluca Jodice'
released: '2020-09-08'
runtime_minutes: 106
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bad-poet-2020'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10290352/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bad Poet (2020)

2020 · 106 min · France, Italy

Original title: Il cattivo poeta

## Synopsis

The Bad Poet is a 2020 Italian biographical-drama film directed by Gianluca Jodice.
The film is inspired by the book by the Italian journalist and writer Roberto Festorazzi, D'Annunzio e la piovra fascista, first published by Minotauro in 2005 and republished by Silicio-Editoriale Lombarda in 2020. 
The film focuses on the last years of the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, played by Sergio Castellitto, and on his ambiguous relationship with fascism.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gianluca Jodice](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianluca-jodice)
- **Producer:** [Matteo Rovere](https://cinepixo.com/people/matteo-rovere)

## Cast

- [Sergio Castellitto](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-castellitto) as Gabriele D'Annunzio
- [Clotilde Courau](https://cinepixo.com/people/clotilde-courau) as Amélie Mazoyer
- [Fausto Russo Alesi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fausto-russo-alesi) as Achille Starace
- [Francesco Patanè](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-patane) as Giovanni Comini
- [Elena Bucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/elena-bucci) as Luisa Baccara
- [Tommaso Ragno](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommaso-ragno) as Giancarlo Maroni

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