The Borgias
(2011)
★ 7.6 IMDb · 533 votes
Year: 2011
Runtime: 50 мин
Country: Canada, United States of America
Director: Нил Джордан
Cast: Джереми Айронс, Франсуа Арно, Холлидей Грейнджер, Шон Харрис, Туре Линдхардт, Sebastian de Souza
Plot
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
The rise to power, and start of a dynasty, of the Borgia family. Rodrigo Borgia ascends within the Catholic Church, becoming Pope Alexander VI. The position brings with it many enemies, internal and state-based, and he has to use all of his abilities of diplomacy, ruthlessness, charm, and the power of the church to stay in power, and alive. Luckily, his children are equally ambitious.