Leopardi. Poet of the infinity

Where it was filmed 'Leopardi. Poet of the infinity'

The two-part TV miniseries about the life of Giacomo Leopardi is set and was filmed in his hometown of Recanati and in other places in Le Marche, where it benefited from the support of the regional call for production, including: Montecassiano, Potenza Picena, Treia, Offagna, Osimo, Pollenza, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata. Director Sergio Rubini was enthusiastic about shooting in Le Marche, noting the range of enchanting squares, intact villages, and beautiful theatres. "I’d been there as an actor with Piccioni for Il grande blek, I returned as a director. Every time Le Marche appears on the screen there is a memorable encapsulating image, and the ability of cinema to spread these images is fundamental".

Filming went beyond Le Marche, also taking place in Lombardy, with a significant portion in Mantua: "After all, Leopardi was quite nomadic in his short life", commented Rubini, revealing that he did not always film in the exact places where the poet lived, but preferred locations that were easily modelled to work as a set and adaptable to the context he had in mind.

Rubini also shot for over 3 weeks in Puglia with the support of the Apulia Film Fund of the Regione Puglia and the Apulia Film Commission. Here he filmed sequences set in Naples (Taranto vecchia, Martina Franca), the residence of Leopardi's friend Antonio Ranieri (Museo Civico Romanazzi Carducci di Putignano), the beach of Vignanotica (Foggia) and both a Florentine and a Milanese print shop (Tipografia Portoghese in Altamura).

Naples, where the poet spent the last years of his life, provided other locations: the Certosa di San Martino (in Vomero), the Santa Maria La Nova Complex and the Reggia di Portici.

The production also shot in Piedmont: on the outskirts of Turin, in particular, Racconigi, Borgo Cornalese (an ancient rural settlement in the municipality of Villastellone), Palazzo dei Conti and via Vittorio Emanuele in Bricherasio.

In Lazio, Rubini shot in Ariccia (Palazzo Chigi and the historic centre from via Ippolito to via Lucidi), and Civita Castellana, in the Tuscia Viterbese.

Where it was filmed 'Leopardi. Poet of the infinity'

In Lazio, Rubini shot in Ariccia (Palazzo Chigi and the historic centre from via Ippolito to via Lucidi), and Civita Castellana, in the Tuscia Viterbese.