Virginia, la monaca di Monza

Virginia, la monaca di Monza (i.e. "Virginia, the nun of Monza") is a 2004 Italian-Spanish television movie directed by Alberto Sironi [it] and starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno. The film is loosely based on real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza", whose story was made famous by the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.^[1][2]

Virginia, la monaca di Monza
Screenplay by	Nicola Lusuardi Francesco Scardamaglia
Directed by	Alberto Sironi [it]
Starring	Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Composer	Carlo Crivelli
Original language	Italian
Production
Cinematography	Stefano Ricciotti
Editor	Stefano Chierchiè
Running time	200 min.
Original release
Network	Rai 1
Release	2004 (2004)

Plot

Cast

• Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Virginia Maria de Leyva
• Stefano Dionisi as Paolo Osio
• Lluís Homar as Father Castells
• Xabier Elorriaga as Cardinal Borromeo
• Delia Boccardo as Virginia's Mother
• Toni Bertorelli as Don Martino
• Quim Gutiérrez as Carles
• Cristiana Capotondi as Marianna Aliprandi
• Renato Scarpa as Monsignor Ripamonti
• Pia Lanciotti as Mare Abadessa
• Bea Segura as Clara
• Biancamaria D'Amato as Sister Benedetta
• Nicoletta Bertorelli as Sister Candida
• Giacinto Ferro as Joaquim Nunes
• Marco Foschi as Duke Grimani
• Laura Pasetti as Sister Francesca
• Serena Rossi as Angelica

References

1. Alessandra Vitali (October 8, 2004). "Virginia, la monaca di Monza Una fiction da grande schermo". La Repubblica. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
2. Rosella Redaelli (October 13, 2004). ""Bella fiction, ma qui la Monaca di Monza è ancora tabù"". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

External links

• Virginia, la monaca di Monza at IMDb