''La Carbonara'' is a

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Italian

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film written and directed by Luigi Magni.Franco Montini, Piero Spila, ''Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto''. Rai Eri, 2000. .

Plot

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, early 1800. Cecilia is a commoner who runs an inn, where the specialty is the "

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". Moreover, the woman is tied to the movement of young patriots, named " Carbonari", who want a united

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, and are struggling against the power of the pope. Cecilia believes she lost her husband in a fatal accident, and has made a new lover: Fabrizio, who is also a patriot. One day the guy's saved by a monk, when he is about to be imprisoned by the soldiers of Cardinal Rivarola. The monk is the husband of Cecilia, not dead in the accident, and now he helps her to fight against the power of Rome with the Carbonari.

Cast

Lucrezia Lante della Rovere Lucrezia Lante della Rovere (; born 19 July 1966) is an Italian actress in film, television and theatre, who made her debut in Mario Monicelli's '' Speriamo che sia femmina'' (1986), where she acted along with Catherine Deneuve, Stefania Sandr ...

: Cecilia, la Carbonara *

Valerio Mastandrea Valerio Mastandrea (born 14 February 1972) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career He was born in Rome. While being a student of philosophy, in the early 1990s Mastandrea enjoyed some success thanks to the semi-regular pa ...

: Fabrizio *

Nino Manfredi Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi (22 March 1921 – 4 June 2004) was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. He was one of the most prominent Italian a ...

: Cardinal Rivarola * Claudio Amendola: Lupone *

Pierfrancesco Favino Pierfrancesco Favino (; August 24, 1969) is an Italian actor, voice actor and producer. He has appeared in more than fifty European and American movies and television series since the early 1990s, including '' The Prince of Homburg'' (1997), '' T ...

: The sergeant *

Fabrizio Gifuni Fabrizio Gifuni (born 16 July 1966) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. He won two Silver Ribbons and a David di Donatello Award. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the politician Gaetano, Gifuni enrolled at the Silvio D'Amic ...

: Zaccaria

References

External links

* 2000 films Commedia all'italiana Films directed by Luigi Magni Films scored by Nicola Piovani 2000s Italian films {{2000s-Italy-film-stub