Eleonora Duse’s legendary career seems over, but in the ferocious times between the Great War and the rise of fascism, the Divina feels a call stronger than any resignation and returns to where her life began: on stage.
It’s not just the call to acting that drives her, but a profound urgency: the need to reaffirm herself in a world that is inexorably changing and threatens to take everything from her, even the independence she earned with a lifetime of work. Unexpected financial setbacks force her to make a choice, and so, once again, Eleonora chooses the theatre as the only space of truth and resistance.
With her art as her only weapon, she defies time and disenchantment, transforming every word and gesture into a revolutionary act. But the price of beauty against the brutality of power and history is high: her loved ones seem to fade away, and her health deteriorates. Yet, Eleonora will face her final journey, demonstrating that one can renounce life itself, but never one’s own nature.