Realised enterely by Zeeva Production. This is an indipendent production.
During the seventh centennial celebration of the original conception of The Divine Comedy, the documentary try to investigate through the mysteries concernig the supreme poet, his Life and the odyssey of his remains. One of the most interesting mysteries about the figure of the Poet comes up again: which is Dante’s true face?
In order to prevent their stealing, the monks of the St Francis convent hide Dante’s mortal remains inside a box, whose traces immediately disappeared. In 1865 this box is found inside the Quadrarco di Braccioforte, and the bones are the subject of a perfunctory analysis. In 1921, during the sixth centennial celebration of Poet’s death, two anthropologists of Bologna University, Prof. Frassetto and Prof. Sergi, can eventually carry out the first and only scientific recognition of Dante’s bones. After many vicissitudes and bureaucratic problems, the two anthropologists can publish a book entitled “Dantis ossa”, where they report the result of their study. Nearly eighty years later, thanks to the help of the most advanced technologies, a skilled team composed of historians, anthropologists, informatics scientists and engineers can eventually reveal the true Dante’s face, confirming that the bones kept inside the Dante’s Mausoleum in Ravenna really belong to the author of The Divine Comedy.