El Monstruo de la Fortuna

A slow-burning historical chamber piece where intellectual ambition and forbidden desire simmer under the weight of courtly danger.

Directed by

Manuel Castillo Huber

Starring

Raúl Prieto, María Olga Matte

Overview

Madrid 1635. Queen Isabel de Borbón, nicknamed by the Spanish people “the desired one,” summons the writer Calderón de la Barca to her intimate chambers to give him a very special and dangerous assignment. A secret relationship, an intellectual and liberal woman for her time, a writer who tries to climb socially and be recognized as an artist, a queen who seeks to leave her inheritance in time and the sexual tension between them.

How it feels

Tense, romantic, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Ambition, power, identity, love

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

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