An amusing and charming movie set in some sort of romantic era. maybe if i do some research ill find out what year it is set to but i am lazy and i will just leave it at that. Its setting is Europe and at a tragic time when it was beset with a plague. Amazingly it was portrayed lightly in the movie and doesn't affect what is supposed to be a romantic comedy (I think historically in europe a plague claimed a lot of lives - probably 'the black plague')
So on with the plot. When you start with the movie, you immediately get that feel that this is another romeo and juliet story.Everyone wears tights and wields a sword. Hayden Christensen plays Lorenzo (Romeo) and Mischa Barton (Juliet) plays Pampinea. Well their families are not at war but basically they are in love and obstacles ahead of them cannot be helped. Dont worry, they dont drink cyanide at the end of the movie (its a romantic comedy) Tim Roth plays villain and sour loser. He wants to kill Lorenzo for beating him at gambling and plans to marry Pampinea who is supposed to wed a russian monarch named jajinsky(thats not how it is really spelled) So love triangle, sword fights ladeeda you get the drift.
Oh yeah, apparently a big issue in the movie is virginity. This is actually what makes the movie really fun. Watch out for the awesome nudities cuz there are a lot of them.. I WONT TELL YOU IF MISCHA WILL GET NAKED HAHAHAHA so you will have to see it for yourself.
CAST:
- Hayden Christensen - Lorenzo de Lamberti
- Mischa Barton - Pampinea
- Rosalind Halstead - Filmonena
- Kate Groombridge - Elissa
- Christopher Egan - Dioneo
- Nigel Planer - Uncle Bruno
- Matthew Rhys - Count Dzerzhinsky
- Rupert Friend - Alessandro Felice
- The Consultants - Bandits
- Tim Roth - Gerbino
- Silvia Colloca - Sister Lisabetta
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