MEDICI Masters Of Florence
SEASON 1
SYNOPSIS
Florence, 1429.
Giovanni de’ Medici, thanks to a contract stipulated with the Papacy twenty years before, has transformed his family bank into an unprecedented economic force. But then, Giovanni is mysteriously murdered, and his sons, Cosimo and Lorenzo, are forced to face a range of enemies plotting to oust the Medici from power.
First in line is Rinaldo Albizzi, head of the faction of nobles, who stands opposed not only to the rise of the middle class, favored by the Medici, but also to Cosimo’s vision for the city, including his patronage of magnificent works of art and architecture by such great artists as Donatello and Brunelleschi.
Also in the Medici family keeping the peace is not an easy task. Lorenzo and Cosimo are nearly opposite in temperament, and Cosimo’s marriage to Contessina de Bardi – formed as a political alliance but then matured into a formidable partnership – will be severely strained during his exile in Venice.
It is there that Cosimo takes up with Maddalena, a beautiful slave who becomes his mistress and the mother of his illegitimate son.
In the meantime, the mystery of who killed Giovanni continues to lurk behind the scenes, and a new arch-enemy appears on the horizon in the person of the rival banker Pazzi. All the while, the onerous guilt of the compromises made and the evil done for the good of the family weighs heavily on Cosimo’s soul.
He must decide how far he is willing to go to preserve his vision of Florence – a vision we now know as the Renaissance.
Year: 2016
Format: TV series 8×50′
Genre: Period Drama
Language: English
Co-production: Lux Vide S.p.A., Big Light Production Ltd
Average viewers: 6.883.103
Average share: 27,34%
CAST
Cosimo
Richard Madden
Lorenzo
Stuart Martin
Contessina
Annabel Scholey
Marco Bello
Guido Caprino
Piero
Alessandro Sperduti
Ugo Bencini
Ken Bones
Rinaldo Albizzi
Lex Shrapnel
Brunelleschi
Alessandro Preziosi
Pazzi
Daniel Caltagirone
Maddalena
Sarah Felberbaum
Bianca
Miriam Leone
Lucrezia
Valentina Bellè
Ormanno Albizzi
Eugenio Franceschini
Piccarda
Frances Barber
Cossa
Steven Waddington
Bardi
David Bradley
Papa Eugenio VI
David Bamber
Alessandra Albizzi
Valentina Cervi
Sanuto
Andrea Bosca
Bredani
Fortunato Cerlino
Marta Tarugi
Valentina Carnelutti
Sandro Tarugi
Andy Luotto
Ricciardo
Michael Schermi
Emilia
Tatjana Nardone
CREW
Produced by
Luca Bernabei
Directed by
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Created by
Frank Spotnitz e Nicholas Meyer
Story Editor
Giovanni Capetta
Creative producers
Sara Melodia, Luisa Cotta Ramosino
Original soundtrack by
Paolo Buonvino
Costumes
Alessandro Lai
Scenography
Francesco Frigeri
Post Production
Rosario Ranieri
Editing
Marta Evry, Timothy Murrell, Lorenzo Fanfani
Director of Photography
Vittorio Omodei Zorini
Assistant Director
Sergio Ercolessi
Line producer
Piergiuseppe Serra
Associate Producer
Riccardo Russo
Production Director
Cristina Tacchino, Federico Foti
Rai Producer
Fania Petrocchi
Casting
Teresa Razzauti, Priscilla John
Executive producer
Frank Spotnitz, Luca Bernabei, Matilde Bernabei, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Sharon Remmer, Daniele Passani