Romanzo Criminale – Italian TV series PREVIEW
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| Ice, the Lebanese, Patrizia, Dandi and Scialoja (front). Pics: BSkyB |
Sky Arts 1 from Tuesday, 4 October, 9pm
Story: Inspired by real events – in Rome during the 1970s, a gang run by a crook known as the Lebanese joins forces with that of a shrewd rival leader called Ice to attempt to become criminal kingpins in the capital. Their first bid to make huge amounts of cash involves kidnapping a wealthy aristocrat, but the plot goes violently wrong… On the trail of the Banda della Magliana, as the gang is called, is idealistic police inspector Nicola Scialoja.
The latest subtitled crime series to hit town and rough-up the home-grown plods such as Lewis and DCI Banks is Romanzo Criminale, a 22-part gangster epic inspired by real events.
Following on from the Wallander successes, Spiral and The Killing, this Italian drama from Sky Italia is all macho stares, nudity, 70s pop music and brutal gang warfare. While it is reminiscent of GoodFellas – murders cross-cut with weddings, set to rock music; the period setting – it is also an compelling bit of history from a turbulent period in Italy's recent past.
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| The Lebanese holds court |
The focus of the story is a small-time gangster called the Lebanese (all the crooks go by nicknames). Sick of being a minnow in the capital's crime pool, he and his partner, Dandi, set out to generate some serious cash by kidnapping a wealthy aristocrat, Baron Rosellini, and ransoming him. The Lebanese falls in with another mob run by a clever leader called Ice, and together they try to step up to the big league.
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