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An occasionally exhilarating retelling of a fascinating, little-known story.

...with Filippo Timi channelling the young Duce to great effect – we are asked to see Mussolini's political ambition as an extension of his sexual drive.

True love may be hard to shake, but it isn’t like the Il Duce of the ’30s was still the same man that Dalser—or Italy—married.

The film is beautifully well-mounted. The locations, the sets, the costumes, everything conspire to re-create the Rome of that time.

...a gripping presentation of a little-known true story and its historical lessons.