Ferdinando and Carolina

(1999)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 16 votes

Genres: Romance, Drama, Comedy, History

Year: 1999

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Lina Wertmüller

Cast: Sergio Assisi, Gabriella Pession, Николь Гримаудо, Adriano Pantaleo, Lola Pagnani, Carlo Caprioli, Moira Grassi, Vanessa Sabet, Matt Patresi, Yari Gugliucci

Plot

1820s Naples: On his death bed, King Ferdinando I tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by recounting his youth, when he was allowed a life of frivolity. However, then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political convention: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divide them, and a life-changing historical season arrived.