Italian historical drama The Lions of Sicily (I Leoni di Sicilia) is set for its global streaming premiere on Disney+ and Hulu. Check out the trailer.
Based on the novel The Florios of Sicily by Stefania Auci, The Lions of Sicily dramatizes the epic story of the Florio family, “the uncrowned kings of Sicily.”
Set in the early 1800s, the eight-part drama sees brothers Paolo (Vinicio Marchioni, 1993, 1994, Luisa Spagnoli) and Ignazio Florio (Paolo Briguglia, Lolita Lobosco, The Hunter, Solo) leave Calabria’s poverty-stricken Bagnara Calabra for Palermo, where they open an apothecary and quickly become wealthy. Following in their footsteps is Paolo’s son, Vincenzo (Michele Riondino, Fidelity, The War Is Over, The Young Montalbano), who transforms the Florio family business into a bona fide empire during the years leading up to the Unification of Italy.
Driven by a burning desire to succeed, Vincenzo aspires to be treated as an equal by the nobility of Palermo, a quest that requires him to marry an aristocrat. However, he falls madly in love with middle-class Giulia Portalupi (Miriam Leone, 1992/1993/1994, Thou Shalt Not Kill, Giovanna’s Journey) and sacrifices his desires for nobility. This tasks their only son, Ignazio (Eduardo Scarpetta, The Law According to Lidia Poët, The Ignorant Angels, My Brilliant Friend), with upholding the Florio name.
The Lions of Sicily premieres with the first four episodes tomorrow, Wednesday, October 25, as a Hulu Original exclusively on Hulu in the US, and as a Disney+ Original exclusively on Disney+ in the channel’s global territories.
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