La Haine

About the show

Set in Siena during factional conflict, the drama follows Guelph leader Orso and Ghibelline noblewoman Cordelia. After Orso assaults her during the city's capture, Cordelia and her nurse Uberta seek vengeance; Cordelia later shelters the wounded Orso, but her brother poisons her, and the lovers die together as they are married in the plague-stricken cathedral.