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Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Giuliano Gemma, Guillermo Toledo, Manuela Arcuri, Eloy Azorín, Héctor Colomé, Roberto Álvarez, Carolina Bona (mehr)Inhalte(1)
A fleet sets sail for carry princess joan to the brussels court where she is to be wed to the monarch phillip the handsome. One look is enough to create mutual attraction and joan and phillip forget their political obligations and abandon themselves to their emotioins. However destiny has other plans for them. (Verleiher-Text)
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In my opinion, this is a highly overrated film. It is a very conventionally shot costume film with boring dialogues, which only uses historical settings for emotional manipulation. The film is nowhere near the level of classic Angelique or even Queen Margot. The script and direction are based on the Romanticism style of the 19th century (everything is there, including the nationalist charge of defending the homeland against foreigners). However, it lacks the spice of Romanticism - duels, intrigues, passions. The dialogues are incredibly artificial and pathetic. I can even overlook the fact that they do not correspond to the thinking of that time, because this flaw applies to the vast majority of so-called "historical" dramas, not to mention comedies. Overall impression: 30%.
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Dieser historische Film voller Liebe, Leidenschaft und Eifersucht erzählt die traurige Geschichte von Johanna, genannt Mad, die in ihrem Leben viel erlebt hat - von der Untreue ihres Mannes über Krampfanfälle bis hin zum Tod ihrer Mutter. Obwohl es viele spannende Szenen im Film gibt, habe ich mich manchmal gelangweilt, auch wegen der relativ langen Laufzeit. Kurzum, ein Film, den ich mir wahrscheinlich kein zweites Mal ansehen würde, der aber dennoch sehenswert ist.
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Jealous woman and queen, that's a deadly combination; an interesting historical figure as Joan of Castille certainly deserved her own film. The film is not a lavish spectacle, rather, the filmmakers focused on Johanna's feelings and behaviour through a conversational level, her morbid obsession with Philip I the Magnificent, which put her duties as monarch on the back burner, to the detriment of the country. Her jealousy is the source of many rewarding moments for the audience, and they make the two hours pass like water. I would like to highlight the really great Pilar Lopez de Ayala in the title role, and the "flawless male" (words a female friend) Daniel Liotta as Filip will catch the eye of many female viewers (I have it confirmed).
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