In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Elio Germanoas Giacomo Leopardi
Michele Riondinoas Antonio Ranieri
Massimo Popolizioas Monaldo Leopardi
Anna Mouglalisas Fanny Targioni-Tozzetti
Valerio Binascoas Pietro Giordani
Paolo Graziosias Carlo Antici
Iaia Forteas Mrs. Rosa
Sandro Lombardias Father Vincenzo
Edoardo Natolias Carlo Leopardi
Renato Berta