Today I'm going to review an Italian series that I've just finished watching and most likely it'll remain in my memory for some time. It's brand new series, released on the 11th of November on Netflix. I had no idea about it and bumped into it accidentally, when the streaming platform listed it among the recommended ones for me.
The reason I started watching it, was the cast first and secondly, the storyline.
Amid famous paintings and unexpected twists, a brilliant art expert and a police inspector will become unlikely allies in the hunt for a serial killer who draws inspiration from iconic works of art.
The first episode starts with Cosmo Speranza (Pierpaolo Spollon) arriving to an exhibition opening on a scooter, dressed in a tuxedo and in the first two minutes we see him teleporting himself in the Tiziano scene on the canvas, to inspect the painting that he says is a forgery. This scene sets the tone and gives you an idea about what you're going to see, but things don't stop here as we're going to see art thefts, murders and somehow, Cosmo makes himself noticed by the lead detective and as a punishment for the defamation, slander and bodily harm he commits at the exhibition, he is "sentenced" to work for the police for six months as an art consultant. The other option is jail, so Cosmo, even though he doesn't like it, accepts the offer, especially because he wants to find his father's killer.
Cosmo's dad lived a double life. He was a married art professor and had a daughter. He was also an art forger in his free time and had a second family too. Cosmo was his illegitimate son. Due to his unpaired talent, his forged works could have a place in the most famous art galleries of the world. He shot himself before they arrested him, when Cosmo was a teenager. His death was ruled as suicide, but Cosmo is convinced his father's death was not suicide and he was killed.
Cosmo's knowledge about art is what the police lacking of, they need to solve the cases, but as Cosmo is not just an art expert, he's a con artist as well, they are getting themselves in all kinds of trouble and a lot of funny situations. Teaming up a law abiding police officer with a con artist seems like a good idea, but their relationship is definitely not without twists and turns. The two characters could not be any different, which is why I think the duo is a success on screen.
This is definitely not a "background noise" series, you need to pay attention to every little detail if you want to understand what's going on and maybe figure out who is the culprit in every case they are investigation, which is why I like it.
Pierpaolo Spollon, Matilde Gioli and Alessandro Preziosi were the three actors I knew for a long time and was looking forward to see them this series. They are famous for a reason and I can honestly say, their performance was what I was expecting.
Another actor that worth mentioning is Andrea Lattanzi, who I've never seen before, but he won me over pretty fast and I'm glad I have another Italian actor to look for when searching for movies and series.
What was annoying as hell was Pierpaolo Spollon's hair. I understand they needed to make his as eccentric and unusual character, but this chicken yellow hair looked really awful on him, but in this interview he says he liked it, less the preparation phase though.
I've never done this with movie reviews, but I'm tagging @silviabeneforti today. Give it a try. If you like the actors, I think you'll like this series :) If not, worst case scenario you can curse me 😆
Rating: 80/100
Originally posted through scrobble.life/tv.
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