博基亚家族是14到16世纪间十分有影响力的一个意大利家族,教皇亚历山大六世及其子女均为该家族成员。博基亚家族是当时欧洲颇有影响力的宗教、军事和政治领袖。剧集《博基亚家族》的背景设定在1492年,当时教皇亚历山大六世(真名为 Rodrigo Borgia)正在欧洲呼风唤雨,显赫一时。
故事发生在意大利文艺复兴时期。是一个属于达芬奇,属于米开朗琪罗,属于启迪式创造力和无与伦比才智成就的时代。但它同样也是一个马基亚维利式的时代,一个罪犯猖獗、战争肆虐、腐败横行的时代。当时西方世界的中心梵蒂冈是一系列王国间冲突的仲裁者。
Rome, 30 April 1993. A crowd throws coins at Italian politician Bettino Craxi - as if the Civil War has begun. Be quick if you want a place in the new system. Now, it's every man for himself. 1993 is the last chance to set up the Second Republic. Everyone fights their own battles.
米兰,1992年2月,冰冷的风吹过意大利企业家们的办公室。这是属于“净手运动”的一年,由米兰地区检察官发起的反贪污政治调查吹响了变革的号角,其目的是给“贿赂之都”带来终结。莱昂纳多·诺德是这个错综复杂的权力游戏中的一个关键,他是一个聪明的广告人,他只相信自己,他将是第一批拥护新的“统治者”踏上政治舞台的人.....
1978年,战争把意大利撕裂为二:意大利共产党(DCI)与该国保守主义的传统党派——基督教民主党(DC)——结成具有里程碑意义的联盟,这也意味着在西方国家的历史上,第一个由共产党支持的政府即将登上权利舞台。
After the breakdown of the old government, and with it the First Republic, Italy changed for good in 1994. Spinster Leo is all too aware of this. He pushed hard to see Berlusconi get elected Prime Minister. He knows it's not easy to win power, but holding on to it verges on the impossible. By the same token, it seems equally impossible for populist politician Pietro to change. Even now that he has an office at the Prime Minister's premises in Rome, he still can't cast off his old bad habits. Nor can he forget the only woman he has ever loved. A former TV starlet now turned politician and Congresswoman, Veronica has to decide who the man of her life is going to be. She has realized she no longer wants to be just a woman on the arm of powerful men. It is the start of her own push for power.
CNN预订原创纪录剧集《斯坦利·图齐:搜寻意大利》(Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,暂译)。该剧共4集,斯坦利·图齐担任主持,他将在剧集中开启搜寻意大利美食之旅,同时研究这些美食背后的历史。
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