COUNTRY: ITALY
TITLE: The Viceroys (original
title: I vicere’)
GENRE: HISTORICAL
DRAMA
DIRECTOR:
ROBERTO FAENZA
PRODUCER: JEAN VIGO ITALIA
DURATION: 120’
RELEASE DATE: 2007
SYNOPSIS
The
Viceroys is an Italian costume drama based on a novel by Federico De
Roberto. The film recounts the history of Sicily
through one its noble families in the transition from ancient to modern society
and values in the eve of the reunification of Italy.
It is the mid
1800's, in the last years of the House of Bourbon reign in Sicily. The funeral of Princess Teresa
brings together the members of the Uzeda family, descendents of the Viceroys of
Spain. Through the eyes of a boy, Consalvo (Alessandro Preziosi), the last heir
to the Uzeda dynasty, the mysteries, intrigues and complex personalities of the
other family members are brought to light as they fight over the Princess’s
inheritance. So Consalvo grows up in a family at war with itself. His father, a
superstitious tyrant, consumed by his desire for power and money repeatedly
ostracises his rebellious son and deprives his daughter even of the right to
love.
The
Viceroys emerges as a deeply satisfying and overtly political film, with
many contemporary resonances.
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