TORONTO – Mainstream records have a tendency to overlook monumental figures when their stories do not fit a neat timeline. The recent announcement of Maestà (“Majesty”), a new historical drama co-written by the iconic Marco Bellocchio and director Ginevra Elkann, is poised to confront exactly this kind of historic amnesia. The film targets a highly volatile, yet purposefully neglected moment in time: the brief 27-day reign of Maria José of Savoy, the very last Queen of Italy…
