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The Serpent Queen( 2022)

TV-MADrama
75%
User
Score

It feels good to be bad.

Overview

Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she’s unable to concieve. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.

  1. Justin Haythe

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Samantha Morton

    Catherine de Medici

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    Amrita Acharia

    Aabis

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    Barry Atsma

    Anne de Montmorency

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    Enzo Cilenti

    Cosimo Ruggeri

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    Nicholas Burns

    Antoine de Bourbon

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    Danny Kirrane

    Louis de Bourbon

Current Season

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Season 2

2024 | 8 Episodes

Season 2 of The Serpent Queen premiered on Jul 12 2024

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A review by MovieGuys

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Written by MovieGuys on Mon Sep 19 2022
In spite of superficially, being a tale about 16th century Italian noblewoman Catherine de' Medici, who eventually became a French Queen, looking at this production you might be forgiven for thinking you were at watching a polished historical larper's party, in 21st century woke England. There's nothing terribly Italian about this series. Its vibe is very Brit down to its boots and sadly, this tends to undermine the presentation of what is supposed to be an Italian historical drama. Its cause is further weakened by the predictable and tiresome revisionist perspective, it adopts, laden do...

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Facts

Status

Canceled

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

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