'o Re

'o Re

7.3

Jan 27 1989

2h 35m

History, Drama, Comedy

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.

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini

re Francesco II di Borbone

Ornella Muti

Ornella Muti

regina Maria Sofia

Carlo Croccolo

Carlo Croccolo

Rafele

Luc Merenda

Luc Merenda

Don Josè Borjes