Within a week, a producer from BBC Four emailed him. They were planning a 20th-anniversary retrospective on The Borgia (2006). Would he care to be a consultant?
The 2006 film The Borgias, directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, presents a dramatized portrait of the notorious Italian Renaissance family, focusing on the interplay of power, religion, corruption, and familial ambition. This paper analyzes the film’s historical framing, narrative structure, character portrayals, thematic concerns, cinematic techniques, and its position within representations of the Borgias in popular culture.