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Summary Anyone?......please?


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I happened upon this series on you tube and am hooked. I'm in the process of getting all of the episodes. Since I don't speak Italian can anyone give me a brief summary of the series? I have so many questions. This is what I have been able to make out so far:

Fabrizio is a Count and Elisa is a servant? Employed in his home?
Why is Elisa dressed so well then? Don't servants usually wear drab clothing? Why would Elisa be at dance? Servants are not allowed to dance. Why is Fabrizio a soldier? Nobility usually are not soldiers. Did they marry before or after the baby was born? Did they have only the one daughter? Or is the boy their child too? Why the heck did he DIE? How long were they married before he died? Did society accept their marriage?

Sorry if I got a bit carried away -language barrier and all that!

Thanks in advance for any help understanding this beautiful series.

I can't seem to stop looking at Alessandro..........his eyes are mesmerizing!

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Yellow M&M


hello i came across this show as well, on you tube, and was instantly hooked, and like you i don't speak italian. i downloaded the whole first part with the spanish subtitles and i am translating it that way. so far what i have gleaned from the story is that Fabrizio is a count and Elisa is a servant working for them, but not just any servant she is the companion of Fabrizio's mother. so she is a little more elevated than the others. the mother is very attached to Elisa and treats her almost like family.
she is at the dance i believe to accompany the mother and is asked by Fabrizio to dance which if you will watch everyone else is very scandalous, and looked down on.
Fabrizio is a soldier in the french army. you will notice his uniform is the french colors. he trains underlings from what i could gather.
they married before the baby was born although she was pregnant at the time. she had lost a baby previously so this one was really special. at this point she is now excepted by everyone, even the sister because she helps stop a treasonous plot which Fabrizio was framed for. she prevents him from being executed.
She only gave birth to the one daughter, the boy is an illigitimate child of Fabrizio from someone else. elisa is the first to know because she sees a birhmark on the boy that looks the same as the one on Fabrizio.
He died a little after they were married. the man who was plotting against him all throughout the first season finally caught up with him and they fought. Fabrizio kills the man but someone who followed them shoots Fabrizio i don't know why. all i can guess is that the young man who shot him was in league with the bad men.
and yes society did ultamatly except them.

PS i totally agree with you about Allesandro's eyes. beautiful. there is something very sexy about a man with black hair and peircing blue eyes. YUM!

i hope i was helpful. im still working on the full diolouge myself i wish it would come with english subtitles.

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THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!

I've actually seen the entire series now (downloaded it from the forum for Elisa di Rivombrosa) and I understand almost all of it. You'd be surprised how many Italian words I looked up on the way!

But some stuff is still got me scratching my head. Any idea what the 'LIST' was about? I take it that those people listed were supposed to be murdered.

WHY WHY WHY WHY >>>Why did he have to DIE? Why couldn't they just ended the series with a happily ever after? They were together what...two years? *grrrrr!*

Any idea if the return series (with Agnes) is over? I see that it started in Nov of last year. Are there going to be as many episodes are in the original (that was 26 plus the second series)?

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Yellow M&M


You are very welcome. i hope i was of some help with your search.
about the list, i would say that i have to agree with you on the murder aspect/
but i would probably have to go back and re-watch it again. it is so frustrating not to be able to understand every detail. i think i am going to learn italian. it is so worth it.
don't get me started on Fabrizio being killed. i was so upset. totally not fair and really ruined any further episodes i might have watched. not the same without thier relationship. that is why i became interested in the first place/
again i have not followed the series since they killed off Fabrizio. i think i will just stick with the original and best parts. i will keep my eyes open for this show with english subtitles and hopefully they will produce them. keeping my fingers crossed. if you hear of anything concerning this i hope you will put the information up here, as will i. i think many are looking for the same thing.
again i was happy to have helped. :)

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^^You should also check out "La Figlia Di Elisa: Ritorno a Rivombrosa" its the third installment of the Elisa series and it tells the story of Elisa and Fabrizio's little girl Agnese, she is all grown up and she falls in love with Lucrezia's son Andrea (played by Giulio Berruti who has to be the most gorgeous man alive! seriously).

I didnt know anything about these series, i live in the US so we dont get them, but a friend sent me a link to a YouTube clip from the Ritorno A Rivombrosa series and now i am hooked, i dont know Italian (shame i didnt continue to study it after high school, lol) but we have able to translate some of the things, and we can tell what the story is. Its really good. And the original series is good too! Thank you so much for giving us a good summary! its hard to find out there, because its not translated into English so that was very kind of you.

I hope i can find a site to download all of the episodes, but so far i havent had any luck whatsoever.

Until then i guess the YouTube clips will have to do for now.

I'll give you a link to the La Figlia Di Elisa (Agnese and Angrea story) from YouTube and you can see it for yourself (and who knows maybe you can translate,lol) but you can see what i am talking about.

Ok, here are some links to clips and then a music video as well. (God Andrea (guilio berruti) is GORGEOUS!! it should be a sin to look that good! lol).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb-eEmfqca4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZFwfFpzqck&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv3-lPMgls4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GViVomkTKdI

Ok thats a little taste of the new series, let me know what you think! I still wish they had all of these here, but for now i guess YouTube will do.

Thanks again for all of your translations. Hope you like the clips i gave you of the new series. its a cute little story.

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Yellow M&M


Thank you. i am glad that my summary was able to help. I know you are looking for the whole show to watch, so here is the link to download the episodes to your computer- at least for the first part/

www.edrivombrosa.forumer.it/about719-edrivombrosa.html

you do need DivX to download both picture and sound. i hope this was helpful. i was so excited when i found this forum. enjoy.

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Oh my, thank you sooooo much for the link! Me and my friends have been looking for a way to download the episodes and now we can finally see the original series! I'm so excited.

Now if i can just find the third series that deals with Andrea/Agnese, then i will be in heaven! lol.

Thanks again. You have been more than helpful.

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