Gianni Romoli had to create the film's plot in relation to the absence of Romualdo. The final scene where Romualdo back to having his likeness in front of the mirror was made using old footage played backwards and the part where he kisses Fantaghirò the end is exactly the same scene in the final of the first film with modified dialogue. The saga Fantaghirò ends with the fourth film. Fantaghirò 5 is the beginning of a trilogy never completed, in which the protagonist would travel through several parallel worlds before being returned to her kingdom by Romualdo. Director Lamberto Bava said he had "two goals: to improve the quality and to renew the themes." Alessandra Martines said, "I love the character of Fantaghirò, but I brought her to the doctor. The fact is that I found a new stimulus in an innovative screenplay: my heroine is still a crazy head, rebellious and mischievous, but she learned to be wiser." Romoli, who wrote the story and the screenplay, said it have levels, the easiest being the archetypes and good feelings, and the other being "more complex and adulthood, sophisticated psychologically, involving identity conflicts of the characters." His inspiration for the fourth film in the series was Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue: "Fantaghirò has lost everything: family, castle, kingdom. And she can emerge psychologically from that 'mourning' only through 'adventure'." Sequel References External links 1994 fantasy films 1994 television films 1994 films Fantaghirò films Fantasy adventure films Films directed by Lamberto Bava Italian television films Films shot in the Czech Republic