If you loved Journey to Italy, try The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV has roughly 6.5× fewer votes than Journey to Italy — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Roberto Rossellini, and they both carry the foreign gem, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Journey to Italy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Taking of Power by Louis XIV is
Lauzun meets The Social Network if the stakes were absolute power. A 24-year-old king replaces a dying mentor, auditions his own supremacy, then dismantles a corrupt treasurer. Colbert and Louis build a tax-free peasant buffer between throne and revolt.
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