‘In the Hand of Dante’ Trailer – Oscar Isaac Stars in Julian Schnabel’s Crime Thriller

In the Hand of Dante, directed by Julian Schnabel, follows a writer who helps a mob boss steal Dante’s handwritten “Divine Comedy” manuscript.

Starring in the film are Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, John Malkovich, Louis Cancelmi, Sabrina Impacciatore, Franco Nero, Benjamin Clementine, Paolo Bonacelli, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Jason Momoa.

The film premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, and will be released in U.S. theaters on June 12, 2026, followed by a Netflix streaming release on June 24, 2026.

In the Hand of Dante follows the parallel lives of a New York author (Nick Tosches) in the 21st century who embarks on a violent journey after he is recruited by a mafia don to steal Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy written in the poet’s own hand, and Dante in the 14th century seeking inspiration to write his most important work – each man unknowingly connected through time and their obsessive quest for love, beauty, and the divine.

Discussing Schnabel’s artistic vision in an interview with Deadline, Isaac says, “He’s very interested in how you capture that ineffable thing of creating art in a film, you know, and do it so that it’s not what it looks like to be an artist, but it’s what does it feel like to be an artist, and what does it feel like to be an artist in a world of commerce, right? And the truth about what an artist is, is in a way, to be exiled. Like, part of committing to that kind of vocation is to be taken away, to be exiled, to be on the outside, to be alienated, and how often that happens. And in Dante’s case, he was quite literally exiled from Florence, and that is when he was able to come to terms and allow for this incredible masterpiece to come out, The Divine Comedy. And the irony of this other person as well, who is a writer in the early 2000s, who is being squeezed by the world of commerce, by the world of gangsters, and fakes, and phonies, and selling stuff, and who is cynical, and finding his connection to the point where he is Dante.”

Critics at the Venice Film Festival were divided in their response to the film. A review for Little White Lies compared the film to the experience of traveling to Dante’s Inferno, writing, it “creates the sensation for viewers of being dragged through the various levels of hell across the course of 2.5 turgid hours, riddled with incomprehensible dialogue, baffling accents and some of the most egregious continuity in recent film history.” The Variety review was much more positive, calling the film “a folly that pulsates with life. Even when it doesn’t add up, it’s the kind of high-flying ride it’s hard to shake off.”

Watch the official trailer for In the Hand of Dante above.