Love and Virtue

Basic Info

Project Phase: Pre-Production

Genre: Drama

Filming: N/A

Production Co: Fountain of Life Productions

Distributor: N/A

Cast: Damian Lewis (Orlando), Virginie Ledoyen (Angelica), John Malkovich (Rodomonte), Peter O’Toole (Atlantes), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Rinaldo), Saffron Burrows (Bradamante), Stephen Dillane (Charlemagne), Leonor Varel (Morgana), Vincent Perez (Ruggiero), Cristian de la Fuente (Ferrau), Daryl Hannah (Fiordelisa), Michael Madsen (Gradasso), Anna Massey (Eleanor), Alexa Rey (Marie), Boo Boo Stewart (Pierre).

Crew: Raoul Ruiz (Director), Mia Sperber & Stefano Pratesi (Screenwriters), Scribe Sperber (Producer), Alex Sullivan (Producer), Jimmy de Brabant (Co-producer), Bob Bellion (Co-producer), Kwesi Dickson (Co-producer), John Daly (Executive Producer), Lalo Schifrin (Composer), Keith Wilson (Set Designer)

Description

This is a movie about passion, loyalty and friendship, with the main characters competing for the love of a woman, whilst exemplifying the courage needed to stand by those you love, in life and on the battlefield.

Sword and mystical elements are used in an intriguing mix to delineate a fascinating historical era, at the centre of which shines the astonishing figure of King Charles the Great (Charlemagne), the unifier of Europe in the 8th century AD.
The characters surrounding Charlemagne are as captivating as their leader. Orlando, the story’s
valiant hero is intuitive, generous and torn between his desperate love for stunning Angelica, his faithfulness as a knight to the king he serves, and his life-long friendship to another of Charlemagne’s loyal knights, Rinaldo. The latter – sly, charismatic and arrogant, goes through as powerful an inner struggle as Orlando.

The intriguing life path that each man decides to follow becomes in the film a symbol for momentous choices that are as relevant today as twelve centuries ago.
The cinematic narrative weaves a tale in which magic, dreams and action are intertwined magnificently, allowing the viewer to follow other amazing characters as well, including the alluring lady knight Bradamante in love with the Barbarian Ruggiero, the wizard Atlantes, the evil knight Ferrau, the Barbarian leaders Rodomonte and Gradasso, and the provocative beauties, Morgana and Alcina.

Breathtaking imagery, memorable music and superb cinematography take the viewers through visions and hopes, heartbreak and suffering, failures and victories, all with the purpose of bringing forward perennial and valuable lessons, in the continuous and implacable battle between good and evil that characterizes our world.

Source: Intandem

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