Director: and writer: James Burge, UK
Original Title: The Circles of Light; Date: June 1995;
Dante met Beatrice Portinari when his father took him to the Portinari house for a May Day party. Dante was instantly taken with her and remained so throughout her life even though she married a banker, Simone dei Bardi, in 1287. She died three years later in June of 1290 at the age of 24. But Dante continued to hold an abiding love and respect for the woman after her death, even though Dante himself married Gemma Donati in 1285 and had his own children. After Beatrice's death, Dante withdrew into intense study and began composing poems dedicated to her memory.
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