On the occasion of the presentation of the new Melania Mazzucco's book, Silence (Einaudi), Giunti Odeon presents, in a restored version, one of the first films made on the life of Dante Alighieri. Released more than a century ago (in 1922), Dante in His Life and Times was filmed entirely in Florence and is one of the longest films (92') in the history of Italian silent films. In the film, Dante is at the centre of political plots and the love affair between Segna de' Calligai and Coronella, the latter a nun who is kidnapped from the convent. The abduction triggers a series of reactions in which Guelphs and Ghibellines are the protagonists. After Dante's death in Ravenna, where he had gone to avert war with the Venetians, his son finds, thanks to a night vision, the last part of the Divine Comedy, which had been lost.