’O Re

Not to be confused with Ore.

’O Re

Directed by	Luigi Magni
Produced by	Giovanni Di Clemente
Written by	Luigi Magni
Starring	Giancarlo Giannini Ornella Muti
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Release dates	1989
Running time	95 min
Country	Italy

’O Re (also known as The King of Naples) is a 1989 Italian historical commedia all'italiana film written and directed by Luigi Magni.^[1]^[2] For his performance Carlo Croccolo won the David di Donatello for best supporting actor.^[3] The film also won the David di Donatello and the Nastro d'Argento for best costumes.^[3]

Plot

In 1862 in Naples, King Francis II of Bourbon is driven from his throne by the people, because the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte comes in Italy to conquer it. King Francesco retires to Rome with his wife Maria Sofia. The woman tries to recover the kingdom of Naples, supporting the uprising of young patriots, but Francesco is demoralized and has no intention of fighting. The king in fact closes in himself, expressing interest in the supernatural...

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini as King Francis II of the Two Sicilies
Ornella Muti as Queen Maria Sophie of Bavaria
Carlo Croccolo as Rafele
Luc Merenda as Don Josè Borjes
Cristina Marsillach as Luciana
Corrado Pani as General Coviello
Anna Maria Ackermann as Maria Theresa of Austria
Sergio Solli as Pulcinella
Iaia Forte as la Ferrarese
Alfredo Vasco as Carmine Crocco
Anna Kanakis as the brigant

References

↑ Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
↑ Franco Montini, Piero Spila, Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto. Rai Eri, 2000. ISBN 8839711341.
1 2 Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

External links

’O Re at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Luigi Magni

Faustina (1968)
Nell'anno del Signore (1969)
Scipio the African (1971)
La Tosca (1973)
La via dei babbuini (1974)
Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
Strange Occasion (1976)
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1977)
Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
State buoni se potete (1983)
Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
'O Re (1989)
In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990)
Nemici d'infanzia (1995)
La Carbonara (2000)

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