The “La Lanterna Magica” Film Institute of L’Aquila intends to commemorate the Great Poet, as it does every year, on the day dedicated to him, with an initiative for middle and high schools, thanks to the collaboration of the Provincial Education Office of Abruzzo.
A film analysis by Martina Orlando, film professor and film restorer, streaming on our YouTube channel.
LOWER AND UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS: *PAOLO E FRANCESCA* by Raffaello Matarazzo (Italy, 1950)
A historical romance drama recounting the tragic story from Dante’s *Inferno*. The young Francesca (Odile Versois) is forced to marry Gianciotto Malatesta (Andrea Checchi) by proxy, but falls madly in love with his brother, Paolo (Armando Francioli), sparking her husband’s fatal jealousy.