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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'o Re Cast
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Character |
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Iaia Forte
She was 27, now 62 years old
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as la Ferrarese |
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Giancarlo Giannini
He was 46, now 82 years old
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as re Francesco II di Borbone |
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Ornella Muti
She was 34, now 69 years old
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as regina Maria Sofia |
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Cristina Marsillach
She was 25, now 61 years old
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as Luciana |
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Luc Merenda
He was 45, now 81 years old
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as Don Josè Borjes |
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Carlo Croccolo
He was 62, 92 years old when he died
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as Rafele |
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Anna Kanakis
She was 27, now 62 years old
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as brigantessa |
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Corrado Pani
He was 53, 68 years old when he died
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as generale Coviello |
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Gianni Franco
He was 38, now 73 years old
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Eleonora Parlante
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Sergio Solli
He was 44, now 80 years old
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as Pulcinella |
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