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La conjura de El Escorial
2008, regia di Antonio del Real
Scheda: Nazione: Spagna - Produzione: Mascara Films, Settima Luna - Distribuzione: Sony Pictures Releasing Spain, Hannover House - Soggetto: da - Sceneggiatura: Manuel Mir, Antonio del Real, Juan Antonio Porto, Marta Rivera de la Cruz - Fotografia: Alejandro Vivas Puig - Montaggio: Teresa Font - Scenografia: Luis Vallés “Koldo” - Set Decoration: Marta Laguna - Costumi: Javier Artiñano - Musiche: Alejandro Vivas Puig - Effetti speciali: Telson - Formato: Color - Durata: 128' (150').
Cast: Jasón Isaacs, Julia Ormond, Jürgen Prochnow, Jordi Mollá, Joaquim de Almeida, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Blanca Jara, Fabio Testi, Rosana Pastor, Pablo Puyol, Concha Cuetos, Tony Peck.
Trama e commenti:
movieplayer.it
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feelm.it
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cineuropa.org: «Un
thriller storico con intrighi politici e polizieschi, che vede protagonisti due
famiglie rivali: la famiglia Alba e i suoi seguaci da un lato, e la famiglia
Mendoza con Antonio Pérez e la principessa di Eboli dall’altro. La notte del
lunedì di Pasqua del 1578, alcuni assassini a pagamento tendono un’imboscata a
Juan de Escobedo, uccidendolo».
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb
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elantepenultimomohicano.com
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zinema.com
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ftvdb.bfi.org.uk
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en.wikipedia.org
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filmaffinity.com
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rottentomatoes.com
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cine.estamosrodando.com
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nurycat.deviantart.com
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divxonline.info
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nachoares.com:
«In the late 16th Century, in the Court of Philip II, the House of Alba is
fighting to regain the King’s favour and displace the rival faction of the House
of Mendoza, led by the Princess of Éboli. On the night of Easter Monday, 1578,
paid assassins ambush Juan de Escobedo, secretary of Don Juan de Austria, and
kill him. Mateo Vázquez, a priest and official in the King’s service, is charged
with the investigation of his murder. The Duke of Alba, who, despite his 71
years, has not lost a whit of his legendary energy and vigour, has for some time
been relegated to a lesser role in the Court, due to the growing power of the
King’s most influential secretary, Antonio Pérez. The situation in Flanders,
under the command of the King’s charismatic illegitimate half-brother, is
extremely delicate. On one hand, William of Orange, and, on the other, England
and the still dormant Protestant heresy make the Low Countries an inhospitable
place which is in constant conflict and where those who possess privileged
information can acquire immense fortunes. John of Austria has sent his personal
secretary, Juan de Escobedo, to intercede before the King, Philip II. As chance
would have it, Escobedo witnesses the murky and passionate romance between
Antonio Pérez and Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Éboli, whose extraordinary beauty
is as dangerous as her ambition and difficult to resist. From that moment on,
Juan de Escobedo becomes the target of a series of failed attempts on his
life... And what if the whole affair were a cunning plot drawn up by the Duke of
Alba? Through these shoals of intrigue, where steel is always flashing in the
enemy’s hand… or his friend’s… wends the route that Mateo Vázquez must navigate,
following the faint trail of a police investigation that points inexorably to
the top. A just man, an innocent moorish girl, an unscrupulous woman, a corrupt
minister, a Machiavellian duke… And hovering over all of them, the figure of a
King. The murder of Escobedo, the first of several, sets in motion a period full
of dangers in which it is said that barely an inch separates the King’s smile
from his sword. The El Escorial Conspiracy narrates a historical fact not
well known within the general audience (the betrayal of the Princess of Eboli to
the King of Spain, Philip II) and the fights for power within Court. It awakens
curiosity and cultural interest not only due to the historical fact itself, but
for it being a film of intrigue which happenings occur in the inside of the
palace. The El Escorial Conspiracy is an ambitious production. Some of
the best professionals of the Spanish and European industry are behind us,
working with an international cast in order to deliver a historic film with huge
doses of political and inside-palace intrigues, of love and hate, of friends and
enemies…a breath-taking thriller in which power and death conspire in the Court
of Felipe II».
Approfondimenti: Movie
Review
Conosciuto anche con i titoli: The El Escorial Conspiracy; The Conspiracy; A Conspiração da Corte.
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