A journey between 1200 and 1300 to narrate the life of Dante Alighieri, father of the Italian language and author of one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature, the Divine Comedy, which continues to be a subject of study for high school students, research in the university environment and a source of Inspiration for artists, directors, writers, musicians. A journey guided by Professor Alessandro Barbero with the “complicity” of a character of the supreme poet’s time such as Giovanni Boccaccio, Dino Compagni, Leonardo Bruni, Giovanni and Filippo Villani, Jacopo Di Pandolfino, respectively interpreted by Martino Duane, Bruno Santini, Roberto Attias , Alessio Sardelli, Mirko Cardinale. All this is “Alighieri Durante, known as Dante. Life and adventures of a man of the Middle Ages “, written by Professor Barbero with Davide Savelli, directed by Graziano Conversano, which Rai Cultura – after the success on Rai Storia – offers on Rai 3 on Saturday July 2 at 9:20 p.m.
The documentary reconstructs the first 36 years of Dante Alighieri’s life, from his childhood to his exile in Florence: these are the years of the formation of the young Durante or Dante, the years in which he meets Beatrice, in which he fights as a knight in Campaldino and in which decides to enter politics. The years with the most sources. And starting from the sources, the authors decided to give “voice and face” witnesses and biographers of the exploits of the supreme poet beyond his myth.
And there is no lack of Dante’s poetry, which is also music, as might be the case with his sonnets destined to become songs. And it’s up to two young rappers – Emme Mash and Elle – to give their very personal but equally faithful rendition of the sonnet “A each’alma prese, e gentil core.”
The narrative of the documentary takes place in the medieval castle of the Conti Guidi in Poppi (Arezzo), which hosted Dante for a period of his exile, while the images that enrich the story were shot in his native Florence.
