Underplayed Gems

Henry IV (1984)

Henry IV poster
Original title
Enrico IV
Directed by
Marco Bellocchio
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man spends twenty years pretending to be the medieval emperor Henry IV after a fall from a horse. The film follows the consequences when his old friends and family visit his villa and challenge his carefully constructed delusion.

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What happens

Henry IV (Italian: Enrico IV) is a 1984 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It is based on the Luigi Pirandello play of the same name and has music by Astor Piazzolla. It was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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