Pedro e Inês
Cloudier Atlas. The same story, slightly tweaked through the ages, entwined between themselves.
The older era is the historical myth/fact. The future king receives the paternal designated spouse Constança, but he really has the hots for her courtesan Inês. Her wife is neglected, and he prefers Inês instead. The official couple are still legally bound, so they procreate at least once and she dies at childbirth. At last the loving couple is happy. But it was not to last. The current king is afraid of having usurper bastard grandsons, so Inês is brutally murdered. When the old king dies and the half couple reaches the throne, her lover’s murderers are hunted down and their hearts ripped out of their ribcages. Inês is exhumed, her corpse crowned and put on the throne, for the disgust of all but her lover.
Back in the present, this is slightly changed. The official couple is happily married, without kids. Inês appears out of nowhere, and the couple breaks up. Constança freaks out after she loses her own baby while Inês is expecting, so she is the one killing Inês. The “king” is taken to a mental institution.
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