Dante e Beatrice

The director constructs the narrative as a series of tableaux, relying on the visual poetry of gestures and glances. The frame explores the symbolism of light and shadow to contrast earthly Florence with Dante's sublime inner world.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of witnessing the birth of a literary myth through the pure visual language of early cinema. A meditative pilgrimage to the source of immortal inspiration. — MovieFinder Editorial