E ridendo lo uccise (2005)

ferrara, early 1500s, corte estense, one of the most illustrious of the renaissance. a few months after the death of duke ercole i, the jealousies and resentments among the four children are unleashed: alfonso heir of the duchy and husband of lucrezia borgia, ippolito, giulio born outside marriage, and ferrante. court life proceeds between feasts, luxuries and courtesans. during a party ippolito sees himself rejected by the beautiful angiola in favor of giulio. ippolito orders to disfigure his brother who together with ferrante harbor revenge and decide to conspire against ippolito and alfonso.