{{Short description|1989 film by Luigi Magni}} {{Distinguish|Ore}} {{Infobox film | name = 'O Re | image = poster O Re.jpg | caption = | director = Luigi Magni | writer = Luigi Magni | starring = Giancarlo Giannini<br>Ornella Muti | music = Nicola Piovani | cinematography = Franco Di Giacomo | editing = Ruggero Mastroianni | producer = Giovanni Di Clemente | country = Italy | released = {{Film date|1989}} | runtime = 95 min }}
'''''{{'}}O Re''''' (also known as ''The King of Naples'') is a 1989 Italian historical film written and directed by Luigi Magni.<ref name="80-89 m-z">{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 2000|isbn=887742429X}}</ref><ref>Franco Montini, Piero Spila, ''Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto''. Rai Eri, 2000. {{ISBN|8839711341}}.</ref> For his performance Carlo Croccolo won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref> The film also won the David di Donatello and the Nastro d'Argento for best costumes.<ref name=premi />
== Plot == In 1862, Francis II of Bourbon, the last king of the Two Sicilies, lives in exile in Rome, capital city of the Papal States, with his wife Maria Sophie and the butler Rafele. The king has lost his throne after the conquest of Naples by the Redshirts of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Maria Sophie tries to recover the kingdom, supporting the uprising of rebels and outlaws, named brigands by the new Italian State, but Francesco is demoralized and has no intention of fighting. The king in fact closes in himself, expressing interest in religion and 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 José Borjes *Cristina Marsillach as Luciana *Corrado Pani as General Coviello *Anna Maria Ackermann as Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies *Sergio Solli as Pulcinella *Iaia Forte as la Ferrarese *Alfredo Vasco as Carmine Crocco *Anna Kanakis as the brigant
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0098009}} {{Luigi Magni}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:O Re}} Category:1989 films Category:Commedia all'italiana Category:Films directed by Luigi Magni Category:Films set in the 1860s Category:Films scored by Nicola Piovani Category:1989 Italian films Category:Unification of Italy (Risorgimento) films
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