If you loved Jane Eyre, try La bisbetica domata
Un ponte tra un film che hai già visto e uno che quasi nessuno ha incrociato. Questo è ciò che condividono, e ciò che il secondo fa che il primo non fa.
Cosa condividono
Both films are directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and they sit in Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Jane Eyre, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What La bisbetica domata is
Shakespeare's battle of the sexes gets a lavish period makeover with all the subtlety of a duel in embroidered doublets. Petruchio rides into Padua aiming to marry rich, and settles on the famously unwinnable Katherina, while her sister Bianca attracts suitors who’d rather do anything than face a scornful woman. The film believes fierce women need breaking, which it serves with a wink and a Renaissance wardrobe.

