The Borgia (original title: Los Borgia ) is a lush Spanish-Italian period drama directed by Antonio Hernández
Part I: Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia schemes his way to the papacy through simony (buying votes) after the death of Pope Innocent VIII. We see the immediate backlash from cardinals like Giuliano della Rovere (the future Pope Julius II). Meanwhile, his son Cesare is forced into the Church against his will, and Lucrezia is married off for political gain.
Part II: The focus shifts to Cesare’s ruthless military campaigns as he casts off his cardinal’s robes (“I am not a priest, and I will never be one again”) and becomes the model for Machiavelli’s The Prince. Lucrezia’s scandalous annulments and the family’s eventual poisoning paranoia drive the narrative to its tragic end.
Driven by a desire for total dominance rather than religious piety, Rodrigo treats his children as political pawns to solidify the family's grip on Rome: The Borgia -2006-2006