In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.
Production
Palaces so authentic you can smell the dust and regret.
Costume
Corsets and cravates strangling the last gasp of feudalism.
Acting
Preziosi's Consalvo: ambition carved in aristocratic ice.
Director
Roberto Faenza
Alessandro Preziosi
Consalvo
Lando Buzzanca
Prince Giacomo
Cristiana Capotondi
Teresa
Guido Caprino
Giovannino
Assumpta Serna
Duchess Radalì
Sebastiano Lo Monaco
Don Gaspare
Giselda Volodi
Lucrezia
Paolo Calabresi
Benedetto Giulente
Biagio Pelligra
Baldassarre
Giovanna Bozzolo
Graziella
Pep Cruz
Don Blasco
Vito
Friar Carmelo
Jorge Calvo
Michele Radalì
Anna Marcello
Chiara
Katia Pietrobelli
Donna Margherita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De Roberto's original 1894 novel was banned by Fascist censors for depicting Sicilian aristocracy as morally bankrupt parasites.
The Risorgimento's 'heroic unification' narrative gets dismantled here—this is Sicily's counter-myth, and it's bitter.
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