La gita a Tindari (9 May 2001)
"Il commissario Montalbano" La gita a Tindari (original title)

Quando Nené Sanfilippo viene ucciso, Montalbano viene incaricato delle indagini e scopre che i coniugi Griffo, due anziani che risiedevano nello stesso palazzo dove abitava Nené, sono ... See full summary »

Director:

Alberto Sironi

Writers:

Francesco Bruni, Andrea Camilleri (novel),

Stars:

Luca Zingaretti, Katharina Böhm, Cesare Bocci

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Luca Zingaretti	...	Commissario Salvo Montalbano
Katharina Böhm	...	Livia Burlando
Cesare Bocci	...	Mimì Augello
Isabell Sollman	...	Ingrid Sjostrom
Corrado Invernizzi	...	Lattes
Davide Lo Verde	...	Agente Galluzzo
Peppino Mazzotta	...	Ispettore Giuseppe Fazio
Angelo Russo	...	Agente Catarella
Giovanni Guardiano	...	Jacomuzzi
Carmela Gentile	...	Beatrice Di Leo
Costantino Carrozza	...	Avvocato Guttadauro
Ferdinando Greco	...	Questore Bonetti Alderighi
Giovanni Moschella	...	Isgrò
Dario Veca
Tony Palazzo	...	Davide Griffo

Storyline

Quando Nené Sanfilippo viene ucciso, Montalbano viene incaricato delle indagini e scopre che i coniugi Griffo, due anziani che risiedevano nello stesso palazzo dove abitava Nené, sono scomparsi dopo aver fatto una gita a Tindari. Montalbano pensa che le due cose non siano casuali e che ci sia un legame. I due vengono poi ritrovati uccisi con un proiettile in testa. Nel caso sono implicati anche Vania, una rumena amante di Nené e moglie di Isgrò, famoso chirurgo esperto in trapianti. Montalbano inizia a pensare...

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

9 May 2001 (Italy)

Filming Locations:

Catania, Sicily, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Palomar, Rai Fiction, Sveriges Television (SVT)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Two linked mysteries

I had seen this episode a couple of times before BBC4 started showing the entire series but thankfully it is good enough to enjoy repeated viewings. It begins with to seemingly unrelated occurrences linked by a common location; firstly a man is murdered outside the apartment block in which he lives then two of the elderly residents of the same building are reported missing. While investigating the murder they discover that the dead man had been exchanging love letters with a woman; he also had a collection of video tapes showing him and a variety of women having sex. The woman in the letters seems to be key to the investigation so somebody will have to watch the tapes. Meanwhile it is established that the missing couple disappeared sometime during the return part of a coach trip to Tindari; the coach stopped three times but nobody on board seems to be sure where they got off. If that wasn't enough Montalbano gets a call from an elderly Mafiosi who seems to want his grandson arrested; of course by the end of the episode everything is linked but it is learning how it is linked that is fun.

This was another fine episode with an interesting mystery; it also has plenty of funny scenes; the best of which were when Montalbano tried to break down a door and ended up injuring himself and when he fell asleep while watching the victims rather loud sex movies and incurred the wrath of everybody in the building! It was also fun to see him acting as match maker for one of his men; even if he was only doing it because he had got engaged and might have transferred away so Montalbano wanted him with a local girl! Luca Zingaretti continues to do a great job in the title role, managing to be funny without looking as if he is trying to be funny.