‘Duse’ Review: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Lights Up This Twilight Tale Of A Fading Italian Stage Legend – Venice Film Festival

As the curtain rises on Pietro Marcello’s handsome but very culturally specific biopic, the legendary Italian actress Eleonora Duse has been in retirement since 1909. Such is her enduring fame that she still draws a crowd when entertaining the troops during the First World War, and the film’s star, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, rises to that […]