The Borgias
- Release Date
- April 3, 2011
- Cast
- Jeremy Irons , Holliday Grainger , François Arnaud , Joanne Whalley , Colm Feore , Sean Harris , Ruta Gedmintas , Simon McBurney
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Seasons
- 3
Summary
The show follows the Borgia family that rose to power in Italy during the Renaissance. Oscar®-winning actor Jeremy Irons stars in the epic drama series as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of The Borgia family who ascends to the highest circles of power within Renaissance-era Italy. Additionally, Academy Award® winning director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will create and executive produce the series as well as direct the first two episodes. The Borgias is a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history's most intriguing and infamous dynastic families. The series begins as the family's patriarch Rodrigo (Jeremy Irons), becomes Pope, propelling him, his two Machiavellian sons Cesare and Juan, and his scandalously beautiful daughter, Lucrezia, to become the most powerful and influential family of the Italian Renaissance.
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