Duse (2025)
Duse is a 2025 Italian-language drama movie directed by Pietro Marcello, with a running time of 2h 2m. It stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fanni Wrochna and Noémie Merlant.
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.
Cast
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Eleonora Duse
- Fanni Wrochna as Désirée
- Noémie Merlant as Enrichetta Checchi
- Fausto Russo Alesi as Gabriele D'Annunzio
- Edoardo Sorgente as Giacomo Rossetti-Dubois
- Vincenzo Nemolato as Memo Benassi
- Gaja Masciale as Cecilia Rinaldi
- Vincenza Modica as Matilde Serao
- Mimmo Borrelli as Ermete Zacconi
- Savino Paparella as Luciano Nicastrelli
- Vincenzo Pirrotta as Benito Mussolini
- Federico Pacifici as Saturnino Ciarcelluti