''I Viceré'' is a 2007 Italian historical drama film directed by

Roberto Faenza Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an Italian film director. He received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Career Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the internat ...

. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Federico De Roberto. For his performance

Lando Buzzanca Gerlando "Lando" Buzzanca (24 August 1935 – 18 December 2022) was an Italian stage, film, and television actor whose career spanned 65 years. Life and career Early years Born in Palermo the son of a cinema projectionist, at 16 years old Buzz ...

won the

Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was founded in 1959 by the Foreign Press Association in Italy. The Globo d'oro Awards for Italian cinema are given by the Foreign Press. The fi ...

for best actor. The film also won four

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

awards and two

Silver Ribbon The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

Plot

Uzeda, a Sicilian family faithful to the Bourbon kings, with the

Unification of Italy The unification of Italy ( ), also known as the Risorgimento (; ), was the 19th century Political movement, political and social movement that in 1861 ended in the Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, annexation of List of historic states of ...

in 1861 and the rise to power of

Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as (). In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as () or (). 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. H ...

and

Vittorio Emanuele II Victor Emmanuel II (; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di House of Savoy, Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 u ...

, begins to lose his power, although Sicily remains in the hands of Prince Giacomo (Giacomo Uzeda).

Cast

Alessandro Preziosi Alessandro Preziosi (born 19 April 1973) is an Italian actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of th ...

as Consalvo Uzeda di Francalanza *

as Prince Giacomo Uzeda di Francalanza *

Cristiana Capotondi Cristiana Capotondi (born 13 September 1980) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Capotondi was born in Rome to an Italian family of mixed Italian Catholic and Italian Jewish background (her maternal grandfather was Jewish). Growing ...

as Teresa Uzeda * Guido Caprino as Giovannino *

Assumpta Serna María Asunción Rodés Serna (born 16 September 1957), better known as Assumpta Serna, is a Spanish actress and author. Born in Barcelona, Serna has performed in 20 countries in six languages and is the recipient of more than 20 international ...

as Duchess Radalì * Sebastiano Lo Monaco as Duke Gaspare * Giselda Volodi as Lucrezia *

Franco Branciaroli Franco Branciaroli (born 27 March 1947) is an Italian actor, stage director and writer. Life and career Born in Milan, Branciaroli studied acting at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro, and made his professional debut in 1970, in an adaptat ...

as Count Raimondo *

Lucia Bosè Lucia Bosè (28 January 1931 – 23 March 2020) was an Italian actress. Life and career Lucia Bosè was born in Milan to Francesca Borloni and Domenico Bosè. After a number of years working in a bakery, Pasticceria Galli, in her native city, ...

as Donna Ferdinanda * Paolo Calabresi as Benedetto Giulente *

Biagio Pelligra Biagio Pelligra (born 24 June 1937, in Comiso) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Comiso, Province of Ragusa, Pelligra started his acting career in the second half of the sixties, and after several minor rol ...

as Baldassarre * Giovanna Bozzolo as Graziella * Pep Cruz as don Blasco * Jorge Calvo as Michele Radalì *Anna Marcello as Chiara * Katia Pietrobelli as Donna Margherita * Magdalena Grochowska as Donna Isabella * Maria Rita Fenzato as Matilde * Mario Pupella as Garino *Vito as Friar Carmelo *

Antonio Cantafora Antonio Cantafora (2 February 1944 – 20 April 2024), also known professionally as Michael Coby, was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Crotone, Cantafora studied acting with Alessandro Fersen, then he made his fi ...

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* 2007 films Films directed by Roberto Faenza Films based on Italian novels Films about families Films set in 1861 Films set in Sicily Films shot in Italy Italian historical drama films 2000s historical drama films 2000s Italian-language films 2000s Italian films Italian-language historical drama films {{historic-film-stub

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