A Vatican priest discovers Dante's original Divine Comedy manuscript. When asked to authenticate it, writer Nick Tosches steals it, while a parallel story follows Dante's quest to create his masterpiece.
Direction
Schnabel paints with film like Dante painted with verse—messy, maximalist, alive.
Acting
Isaac's dual performance: gutter poet meets medieval scribe, same haunted eyes.
Cinematography
Benoît Delhomme makes modern New York and 14th-century Italy equally tactile.
Director
Julian Schnabel
Oscar Isaac
Nick Tosches / Dante Alighieri
Gal Gadot
Giulietta / Gemma Donati
Gerard Butler
Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII
John Malkovich
Joe Black
Louis Cancelmi
Lefty / Guido Novello da Polenta
Sabrina Impacciatore
Dr. Susanna Pulice
Franco Nero
Don Lecco
Benjamin Clementine
Mephistopheles
Paolo Bonacelli
Priest of Alcamo
Martin Scorsese
Isaiah
Al Pacino
Uncle Carmine
Jason Momoa
Rosario
Dario Samac
Young Dante (14)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Nick Tosches wrote the novel before his 2019 death; Schnabel finished this as a decades-long passion project.
Schnabel cast Gadot against blockbuster type specifically because he wanted 'someone whose beauty feels like a burden.'
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