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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.

Top Cast

  • Giancarlo Giannini

    Giancarlo Giannini

    Francis II of the Two Sicilies

  • Ornella Muti

    Ornella Muti

    Maria Sophie of Bavaria

  • Carlo Croccolo

    Carlo Croccolo

    Rafele

  • Luc Merenda

    Luc Merenda

    Don Josè Borges

  • Cristina Marsillach

    Cristina Marsillach

    Luciana

  • Anna Maria Ackermann

    Anna Maria Ackermann

    Maria Theresa of Austria

  • Corrado Pani

    Corrado Pani

    General Coviello

  • Massimo Abbate

    Massimo Abbate

    Prince Louis, Count of Trani

  • Anna Kanakis

    Anna Kanakis

    Brigand Woman

Overview

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.

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