Gide in Love

Overview

Danielle Russo, a young journalist on the editorial staff of the Paris literary magazine Nouvelle Revue Littéraire, is sent to Sicily in 2000, to the elegant resort town of Taormina. She is to do some research on the famous writer Truman Capote’s stay there in 1950. Yet, when the young woman meets a local journalist who offers to help her, she is drawn deeper and deeper into an intriguing labyrinth of shocking "truths". The local reporter is investigating events related to a mysterious crime that also made the headlines in 1950. An elite set of intellectuals, regulars in Taormina, are involved: André Gide – historic guest at the Hotel Timeo - and Truman Capote, Jack Dunphy, Peggy Guggenheim, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais.

Directed by Diego Ronsisvalle

Top cast

Guido Caprino

Filippo Baiamonte

Olivia Magnani

Danielle Russo

Alessandro Haber

Platamona

Gigi Angelillo

signor Lagrua

Mariano Rigillo

Gesuino

Nicola Di Pinto

Prof. Cultrera

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Donatella Pompadour

Hotel Guest

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Alessandro Sciglio

Hotel Guest

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