This Leopard is definitely the opposite from both the film and book.
It is true that series take a deeper dive into the political world, but Don Fabrizio in the book and film doesn't really get involves because he accepts that he's an old man whose world is dying therefore accept the changes but worries for the future of his children.
Unlike the film/book, Don Fabrizio doesn't like his nephew at all.
Concetta is more emotional than the wallflower Concetta.
The Father or priest is timid compared to the more cynical Father who seen both sides of Don Fabrizio.
Despite the name, I don't consider this mini series to be the actual The Leopard because Lampedusa and Visconti who were actual Italian noblemen who knows the world through and through while this was produced by a middle-class Brit.
Let me tell you no one would ever speak back to Don Fabrizio since he is the head of the family, the aristocracy is very patriarchal and religious. Second, where are all the bonnets? Ladies, especially noblewomen, would never have their hair loose like that nor uncovered. Third, despite Concetta being a woman, she have to have an escort regardless because women in those times were considered children who need a permanent guardian, so there's no way Concetta will be walking around like that and doing what she wants without her father's permission.
Unlike the book/film, Tancredi and Angelica meet by "chance" or should I say cunning scheme by her father.
Don't get me wrong, I know Richard Warlow is trying to add some personalities because truth be told, Italian nobles have so little of it.
However I am just a little annoyed with the reviews who are trying to bash the original film to uplift this one which is quite sad.
