The Borgia

Original title: Los Borgia

2006
2h

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Lluís Homar, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, and María Valverde in The Borgia (2006)

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter... Read allA portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's "The Prince," his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

Director
- Antonio Hernández
Writers
- Piero Bodrato
- Antonio Hernández
Stars

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6.1/10

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Director
- Antonio Hernández
Writers
- Piero Bodrato
- Antonio Hernández
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

Trivia
This movie (also released as TV mini series) was to be directed by José María Sánchez ("La bella Otero", "Pájaros de ciudad") but due to illness he was forced to leave the project and was replaced by Antonio Hernández. Sánchez would later die on June 2006.

Connections
Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: Capitán Trueno (2011)

Soundtracks
My Lord of Oxenforde's Masque
Composed by Richard Cheetham

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8/10

Nice history of the family. Little about the period

Really nice film. I enjoyed it a lot, and was not long at all. May be is because I love historic films.

One of the best things about the film, is the way the Pope and the cardinals are depicted. They are not pious people like in many films. Instead they behave like emperors and politicians, which is probably nearer the reality. There is also some nudity, but I don't think they abuse of it at all, even more if we read about the morals of the Borgia family.

The only thing I didn't like much about the film, is that it narrates only the facts surrounding the Borgia family and their political interests, buts speaks very little about the overall situation in Europe, and the important changes in Europe's art and society during the 14th and 15th century.