'o Re
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.
Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti, Carlo Croccolo, Luc Merenda, Cristina Marsillach, Corrado Pani, Anna Maria Ackermann, Sergio Solli, Iaia Forte, Alfredo Vasco
Watch "'o Re" on Amazon released in 1989. It's a comedy and drama movie, and has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.
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