Dias de Nietzsche em Turim (2001)

English Title: Days of Nietzsche in Turin; Days of Nietzche in Turin (IMDb wrong spelling).
Synopsis: A portrait of the German philosopher during the months he spent in that Italian city.
Appraisal: Without dialogue, this consists of excerpts of Nietzsche's works (though it's uncertain whether all text spoken was really his) voiced over shots of Turin (and, for some obscure reason, also Rio de Janeiro) and an actor impersonating Nietzsche who writes, walks, buys fruit, and visits a family with two daughters in her early twenties who look at the philosopher with admiration or amazement. The text gets progressively weird, signaling the philosopher's deteriorating mental state. The selection of texts is very good and very well read too, giving what appears to be -- I admit to knowing very little of him or his work -- a good sample of both Nietzsche's personal life and of his philosophy. That doesn't save the film from dullness though, since very little happens onscreen. The film ends with footage of the real Nietzsche -- a very disturbing sight for me, since I didn't know that it even existed.
Rating: 39