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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.
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La Tosca

The Conspirators

Love and Anarchy

Come Home and Meet My Wife

In nome del popolo sovrano

Wittgenstein

A Difficult Life

Marriage Italian Style

The Miniaturist

The Scarlet and the Black

A Call to Spy

The Best Years

Life Is Beautiful

Tickets

Diva Futura

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Mayerling

Mary

Once Around

Remember Me, My Love
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