La figlia di Elisa – Ritorno a Rivombrosa


La figlia di Elisa-Ritorno a Rivombrosa It is an Italian television series broadcast in 2007, a spin-off of Elisa di Rivombrosa. The cast of the series mother,remain only Sabrina Sirchia, Danilo Maria Valli, Giovanni Rizzuti, Simona Mastroianni, Jane Alexander and Alessandra Barzaghi that in the first season of the series played a mother nun, while in the spin-off plays the marquis Costanza Granieri. The direction is entrusted to Stefano Alleva, former director of the second part of episodes of the second and final season of the original series.
In 2010 it was announced that the second season, with Sarah Felberbaum and Giulio Berruti new protagonists, whose shooting would be due to begin in 2012, but then were not widespread news about.

Plot

, 1797. Europe does not stand the changes brought about by the French Revolution and so did Italy: many piemontesi nobles, including the new king of the region-State Carlo Emanuele IV, live under some sort of control of the French and to pay the consequences are farmers and the people, harassed by soldiers greedy and unscrupulous. In this climate makes a return to Rivombrosa, after completing his studies in Paris, the Countess Agnese Ristori, daughter of the Countess of Rivombrosa Elisa Scalzi and Count Fabrizio Ristori, is now in marriageable age. On the way back, Agnese is stopped by the men of a robber in the area, known as the sparrowhawk that, however, let go without cause her harm. Came home a little 'shock, Agnese embraces his brother Martino Ristori, heir to Rivombrosa after his father's death, which occurred on the morning of Christmas of 1773 at the hands of a trap concocted by the late Duke Ottavio Ranieri , and that of Elisa, died in 1784. Agnes soon realizes the great changes that have occurred in her house and discovers that the sparrowhawk, although it is feared by the French as a robber, is actually considered a hero by most of the inhabitants of the village, tired of the harassment of French and the inertia of the nobles who should provide them with protection.
Martino, meanwhile, it is next to the marriage with the Marchioness Vittoria Granieri Solaro, a greedy woman from an impoverished noble family who wants to marry Martino only interest. Vittoria soon becomes jealous of Agnes and tries in every way to bring it closer to the captain of the French guards stationed at Rivombrosa, Lorenzo Loya, a cruel man who performs crimes against farmers backed by Sergeant Saval . Agnese does not intend to yield to pressure the sister, and soon know a young man at a party where you will immediately fall in love: the Marquis Andrea Casalegno. The handsome Marquis reciprocates the sentiment, but hides many secrets, including that to assume the role of Hawk and to be the son of Lucrezia Van Necker, once a bitter enemy of Elisa. Marquise Lucrezia is now old and seriously ill, but has returned from exile in Venezia until Rivombrosa, as Napoleone Bonaparte, invading Piemonte from France, abolished the penalties on old crimes; Andrea is related to the mother, but it's good, because it has inherited the character from the true late father, the Baron of Conegliano Nicola di Napoli. Meanwhile back in Rivombrosa, for the wedding of Martino, also his cousin Emilia Radicati, always in love with him, but at the time he chose to marry an artist breaking the hearts of his cousin. Agnese please his brother not to give up true love, but these now surrendered, however, decides to marry Victoria, who after the wedding want more than ever to be the only lady of Rivombrosa, and that this continues to urge the sister to accept the court of the captain Loya.
Andrea decides to open his heart to Agnese and confide the whole truth, but the shadows are plotting Lucrezia and Captain Loya, motivated by different reasons, but both with the firm intention to destroy their love. Lucrezia try to kill Agnes, but Martin, in self-defense, intervenes and shoots the Marquise, killing her instantly. Andrea Agnese sees as an accomplice of the murderer's mother and away from themselves, save backtracking after finding a letter in which Lucrezia, before dying, this confession of wanting to kill Agnese. Once you realize that it was self-defense, Andrea takes hated his late mother, thanked Martin freeing it from Loya and stop the forced marriage of the girl with the captain, who had got his hand only on the promise to free his brother.
Betrayed by Victoria, who has since begun an adulterous affair with Loya, Andrea is forced to flee to avoid capture and conviction for robbery; in his flight involves Agnese, that after the capture of the beloved does not hesitate to surrender himself to the greedy hands of the captain, that strong of his appointment as prefect of the city of Paris wants to marry the Countess to take her with him to France. A foil yet another maneuver of the Loya captain arrives lieutenant Corsini, his second, who have long been uncomfortable with the abuse and oppression of the superior, and that, in love with Dorina, personal maid countess Agnese, want a peaceful coexistence between village and soldiers.
Eventually, Loya is death for Vittoria hand, the lover betrayed, that following the murder will be escorted to France by general Ducrot to be executed ; left alone, Martino can finally live peacefully his love affair with the cousin Emilia, widow of her husband, but pregnant own cousin; Agnese and Andrea, contrary to all earlier forecast, at last, be able to finally be happy, forever.

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