'o Re (1989)
Synopsis
One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.
Release Date: 1989-01-27
Runtime: 95 minutes
Director: Luigi Magni
Top Cast
- Giancarlo Giannini as Francis II of the Two Sicilies
- Ornella Muti as Maria Sophie of Bavaria
- Carlo Croccolo as Rafele
- Luc Merenda as Don Josè Borges
- Cristina Marsillach as Luciana
- Anna Maria Ackermann as Maria Theresa of Austria
- Corrado Pani as General Coviello
- Massimo Abbate as Prince Louis, Count of Trani
- Anna Kanakis as Brigand Woman
- Franco Pistoni as Police Commissioner Macchi
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