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TELEVISION The Leopard Netflix This adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s seminal 1860s novel – by screenwriters Benji Walters and Richard Warlow (The Serpent) and director Tom Shankland (SAS Rogue Heroes) – is sumptuous, sensuous, emotionally tempestuous. But behind the frills and the romantic thrills is a socio-historically insightful tale of an elite clan’s descent into obsolescence. The Leopard is Don Fabrizio, the Prince of Salina, who got his nickname from the big cat on his family crest. Played by Kim Rossi Stuart (the cast is Italian and the show is subtitled), the prince must reluctantly adapt to survive after Garibaldi’s army wrests control of Sicily as part of a quest to unify Italy. The regime change does not spell annihilation for the nobility, but does require them to collaborate…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 14 March 2025

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