1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.

Sergio Castellittoas Gabriele D'Annunzio
Francesco Patanèas Giovanni Comini
Tommaso Ragnoas Giancarlo Maroni
Clotilde Courauas Amélie Mazoyer
Fausto Russo Alesias Achille Starace
Massimiliano Rossias Commissario Rizzo
Lidia Libermanas Lina
Janina Rudenskaas Emy Heufler
Lino Musellaas Carletto
Daniele Ciprì