Fan CastingIl Duce Favoloso

Italy, 1936: Benito Mussolini, the Duce, is coming back to Italy after his military campaign in Ethiopia. His son-in-law Galeazzo Ciano plans to kill him to become the new Italian leader, with the reluctant help of his wife, Mussolini's daughter, Edda. But Mussolini has a secret: in Ethiopia, he started a gay relationship with a Moor named Shakur, who's coming with him to meet the family. The king finds this a way to maintain good contacts with the colonies, while Benito's wife Rachele is desperate. Galeazzo puts poison in Mussolini's wine, but Shakur drinks it instead, dying. Mussolini, angered, kills Galeazzo with his gun. But Shakur isn't actually dead. Rachele tries to kill him with a sword, but Mussolini beats her. Mussolini tells Shakur he can't stay in Italy, and has to come back to Ethiopia. Shakur agrees, with the displeasure of the king and the joy of Rachele. The Mussolini family celebrates the patriarch returns, and Edda apologizes for her behavior.