The production draws from documented history more than rumor. A retrospective review notes that the film "omits the juiciest details, such as speculations about incest or Lucrezia’s alleged career as a poisoner, likely because Hernández concluded that those stories were more propaganda... than reflections of actual events". One viewer stated that the film seems "to have taken [good historical accounts] into consideration in the writing". This approach allows for a more humanized portrayal, particularly of Lucrezia, who is shown in a "more sympathetic light" than traditional accounts allow.
"Father," she said softly. "The ambassador from France has arrived. He claims he knows nothing of the Orsini plot." The Borgia -2006-2006