1912. Giovanni Pascoli has died, and a train leaves from Bologna for his funeral. On board, students, officials, and family, including his sister Maria, called Mariù. It is a journey of national mourning, with people from all social classes paying homage to the poet. In Mariù’s recollections, we learn how Giovanni lived: his father’s assassination, his poverty as a youth, his political activism and fraught ties to Giosuè Carducci.
Giovanni 'Zvanì' Pascoli
Maria 'Mariù' Pascoli
Ida Pascoli
Raffaele Pascoli
Zia Rita
Cacciaguerra
Emma Corcos
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Giosuè Carducci
Andrea Costa
Giovanni a 12 anni
Giuseppina Cattani
Fausto
Questore
Funzionario polizia
Tipografo Livorno
Professoressa Toscana
Sacerdote confessionale
Bruna
Ruggero Pascoli
Teresa
Studente Alessi
Studente Bindi
Studente Fiore
Studente Toscana
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