Marina Fiorato

Not quite what I was expecting truth is told, though I find the author's research about whether Shakespeare could have really been an Italian intriguing.

Partially in think the fault lie in the fact that as much as MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is a favorite it's been forever since I either read the play or seen it traditionally presented (in the last 3 years I've seen it updated to the 1950s, the Joss Whedon version, the David Tennant/Catherine Tate version and a LGBT version--obviously none were traditional). Like everything with Don Pedro at the end had me going "wtf did I miss in the original play?"

And I could have done without all the other references to Shakespeare's plays.

I did however see a poetic justice to what caused the rift between the 2 would be enemy lovers. In the end it was nothing more and nothing less then the very human notion of getting one's due. Playful maliciousness not meant to harm so much as poke fun at Benedick's expense.… (mais)

Uzbudljiva priča o ljubavi, izdaji i izuzetnom talentu, smeštena u srednjevekovnu Italiju, rastrzanu dugotrajnim sukobima. Bernardino Luini, talentovani mladi učenik Leonarda da Vinčija, pozvan je da naslika fresku u crkvi jednog gradića brdovite Lombardije. Neobuzdan i strastven, Bernardino nije poznat samo po svojim sjajnim delima, već i po brojnim ljubavnim avanturama. Pažnju mu privlači lepa Simoneta di Sarono, mlada plemkinja kojoj su dugogodišnji ratovi u Italiji odneli muža i imetak.
Opčinjen njenom lepotom i tugom, Bernardino je slika kao Bogorodicu u čuvenom delu koje se i dalje može videti u crkvi Santa Maria delle Grazia u Saronu. Dok mu Simoneta pozira, umetnik i model zaljubljuju se jedno u drugo. Međutim, mlada udovica otkriva da i ona poseduje izuzetan talenat, dok za voljenog pravi napitak od badema, koji će do danas ostati poznat kao Amaretto di Saronno.
Kako se stvaranje freske i napitka bliži kraju, oluja verskog skandala nadvija se nad njih i preti da ugrozi ne samo njihovu ljubav, već i živote...… (mais)