Plot
Piemonte, 1797. Europe does not stand the changes brought about by the French Revolution and so did Italy: many piemontesi nobles, including the new king of the region-State Carlo Emanuele IV, live under some sort of control of the French and to pay the consequences are farmers and the people, harassed by soldiers greedy and unscrupulous. In this climate makes a return to Rivombrosa, after completing her studies in Paris, the Countess Agnese Ristori (Sarah Felberbaum), daughter of the Countess of Rivombrosa Elisa Scalzi (Vittoria Puccini) and Count Fabrizio Ristori (Alessandro Preziosi), are now in marriageable age. On the way back, Agnese is stopped by the men of a robber in the area, known as the sparrowhawk that, however, let go without cause her harm. Came home a little 'shock, Agnese embraces his brother Martino Ristori (Paolo Seganti), heir to Rivombrosa after his father's death, which occurred on the morning of Christmas of 1773 at the hands of a trap concocted by the late Duke Ottavio Ranieri (Luca Ward), and that of Elisa, died in 1784 (for unspecified reasons). Agnes soon realizes the great changes that have occurred in her house and discovers that the sparrowhawk, although it is feared by the French as a robber, is actually considered a hero by most of the inhabitants of the village, tired of the harassment of French and the inertia of the nobles who should provide them with protection.
Martino, meanwhile, it is next to the marriage with the Marchioness Vittoria Granieri Solaro (Anna Safroncik), a greedy woman from an impoverished noble family who wants to marry Martino only interest. Vittoria soon becomes jealous of Agnes and tries in every way to bring it closer to the captain of the French guards stationed at Rivombrosa, Lorenzo Loya (Giorgio Borghetti), a cruel man who performs crimes against farmers backed by Sergeant Saval (Francesco Bolo Rossini) . Agnese does not intend to yield to pressure the sister, and soon know a young man at a party where you will immediately fall in love: the Marquis Andrea Casalegno (Giulio Berruti). The handsome Marquis reciprocates the sentiment, but hides many secrets, including that to assume the role of Hawk and to be the son of Lucrezia Van Necker (Jane Alexander), once a bitter enemy of Elisa. Marquise Lucrezia is now old and seriously ill, but has returned from exile in Venezia until Rivombrosa, as Napoleone Bonaparte, invading Piemonte from France, abolished the penalties on old crimes. Andrea is related to the mother, but it's good, because it has inherited the character from the true late father, the Baron of Conegliano Nicola di Napoli (Sergio Assisi). However, her return enrages Martino as he feels she has not suffered enough for what she did to him and his parents. He confronts Andrea and orders him to stay away from his family. He then informs Angese, who up until that point had been unaware of her family's full tragedy, of what happen. They visit their parents graves and Martino vows to protect Agnese from the Marquis. Meanwhile back in Rivombrosa, for the wedding of Martino, also his cousin Emilia Radicati (Valentina Pace), always in love with him, but at the time he chose to marry an artist breaking the hearts of his cousin. Agnese please his brother not to give up true love, but these now surrendered, however, decides to marry Victoria, who after the wedding want more than ever to be the only lady of Rivombrosa, and that this continues to urge the sister to accept the court of the captain Loya .
Andrea decides to open his heart to Agnese and confide the whole truth, but the shadows are plotting Lucrezia and Captain Loya, motivated by different reasons, but both with the firm intention to destroy their love. Lucrezia try to kill Agnes, but Martin, in self-defense, intervenes and shoots the Marquise, killing her instantly. Andrea Agnese sees as an accomplice of the murderer's mother and away from themselves, save backtracking after finding a letter in which Lucrezia, before dying, this confession of wanting to kill Agnese. Once you realize that it was self-defense, Andrea takes hated his late mother, thanked Martin freeing it from Loya and stop the forced marriage of the girl with the captain, who had got his hand only on the promise to free his brother.
Betrayed by Victoria, who has since begun an adulterous affair with Loya, Andrea is forced to flee to avoid capture and conviction for robbery; in his flight involves Agnese, that after the capture of the beloved does not hesitate to surrender himself to the greedy hands of the captain, that strong of his appointment as prefect of the city of Paris wants to marry the Countess to take her with him to France. A foil yet another maneuver of the Loya captain arrives lieutenant Corsini, his second, who have long been uncomfortable with the abuse and oppression of the superior, and that, in love with Dorina, personal maid countess Agnese, want a peaceful coexistence between village and soldiers.
Eventually, Loya is death for Vittoria hand, the lover betrayed, that following the murder will be escorted to France by general Ducrot to be executed (even if we do not know his fate, while Agnes and the thank Andrea); left alone, Martino can finally live peacefully his love affair with the cousin Emilia, widow of her husband, but pregnant own cousin; Agnese and Andrea, contrary to all earlier forecast, at last, be able to finally be happy, forever.
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