He is considered the greatest European poet of the Middle Ages and his work unfolds the whole panopticon of occidental education – theology, philosophy, sciences, politics and literature. But who has really read it, the “Divine Comedy”? Who knows more of its creator Dante Alighieri than that he had an eagle-like profile and was in love with a woman named Beatrice? 700 years after Dante’s death, the filmmaker Adolfo Conti travels through Italy with Dante’s words in mind and eyes to see the world as Dante did. As the film encounters the beauty of arts and the Tuscan landscape, the forces of nature, a dramatic life story is unfolded.

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without...

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imp...

Historical drama set during the reign of Philip II of Spain. The royal troops have taken up quarters...

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A documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers never heard from before: Bla...

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