The Trial (Italian TV series)

The Trial (Italian: Il processo) is an Italian television mini-series, composed of 8 episodes, created by Alessandro Fabbri, in collaboration with Laura Colella and Enrico Audenino, and directed by Stefano Lodovichi.

The Trial
ItalianIl processo
Genre
Created byAlessandro Fabbri
Directed byStefano Lodovichi
Starring
Country of originItaly
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerAndrea Occhipinti
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkCanale 5
ReleaseNovember 29 (2019-11-29) –
December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)

It originally aired in Italy in November 2019 and was released on Netflix on 10 April 2020.[1]

Synopsis

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The protagonist is a successful prosecutor, Elena Guerra, who is about to take a leave of absence from her public prosecutor job in Mantua, Italy, to go to New York where her husband has accepted a job. This plan is upended when she is assigned a delicate case where a very wealthy local woman Linda Monaco is accused of brutally murdering Angelica Petroni, a 17 year old found dead in a canal. Linda is defended by the noted and very ambitious criminal defense lawyer Ruggero Barone.

Cast

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Production

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The series was co-produced by Lucky Red and RTI.

Filming

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The series was filmed in the city of Mantua. Locations include: Palazzo Te, Piazza Sordello, Palazzo d'Arco, Palazzo Beccaguti, Palazzo Cavriani, Palazzo Andreani and the lakes of Mantua, as well as some scenes in Rome.

Reception

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Rated a 9 of 10 by Rotten Tomatoes with viewer comments that the acting is very good, the Mantua story's setting in north central Italy interesting, but the dialog, dubbed in English, at times doesn't correlate well with the video.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Review: Il Processo is an Absorbing Courtroom Drama". The Cinemaholic (in Italian). 10 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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