Virginia, la monaca di Monza (i.e. "Virginia, the nun of Monza") is a 2004 Italian-Spanish television movie directed by Alberto Sironi and starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno. The film is loosely based on real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza", whose story was made famous by the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.
Cast
Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Virginia Maria de Leyva
Stefano Dionisi as Paolo Osio
Lluís Homar as Father Castells
Xabier Elorriaga as Cardinal Borromeo
Delia Boccardo as Virginia's Mother
Toni Bertorelli as Don Martino
Quim Gutiérrez as Carles
Cristiana Capotondi as Marianna Aliprandi
Renato Scarpa as Monsignor Ripamonti
Pia Lanciotti as Mare Abadessa
Bea Segura as Clara
Biancamaria D'Amato as Sister Benedetta
Nicoletta Bertorelli as Sister Candida
Giacinto Ferro as Joaquim Nunes
Marco Foschi as Duke Grimani
Laura Pasetti as Sister Francesca
Serena Rossi as Angelica