Love Sins

Release Date: 1987-01-30

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).

Rating: 2.333 / 10

Cast

Robert Powell

as Gabriele D'Annunzio

Stefania Sandrelli

as Elvira Fraternali Leoni

Laurent Terzieff

as Michetti

Florence Guérin

as Clo Albrini

Sonia Petrovna

as Maria Cruyllas di Gravina