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Det Salvo Montalbano is discouraged by corruption with the force and has thoughts of quitting; until Mimi has his say. Shortly after Salvo comes upon a body while swimming, murdered. In the course of...
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When a body is found cut into pieces and wrapped in a plastic bag, all signs point to an old-fashioned Mafia-style execution. Why is Detective Montalbano's trusted colleague Mimi Augello suddenly ...
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Fazio is missing and everything points to a fatal outcome. Salvo shows his deep caring for his team and is devastated; yet pursues relentlessly to find out what happened and who is behind. After we ...
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| Luca Zingaretti | ... | Commissario Salvo Montalbano / ... 32 episodes, 1999-2018 | |
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Angelo Russo | ... | Agente Catarella / ... 32 episodes, 1999-2018 |
| Peppino Mazzotta | ... | Ispettore Giuseppe Fazio / ... 31 episodes, 1999-2018 | |
| Cesare Bocci | ... | Mimì Augello / ... 31 episodes, 1999-2018 | |
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Marcello Perracchio | ... | Dottor Pasquano 28 episodes, 1999-2017 |
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Davide Lo Verde | ... | Agente Galluzzo 27 episodes, 1999-2016 |
| Roberto Nobile | ... | Nicolò Zito / ... 27 episodes, 1999-2018 | |
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Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. Filmed in the ancient, sun-washed Sicilian city of Ragusa Ibla, the series is based on the international best-selling mystery novels by Andrea Camilleri and stars Luca Zingaretti.
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Although he is a fan of the show, Montalbano creator Andrea Camilleri has openly stated that Luca Zingaretti's characterization differs somewhat from how he had originally envisioned the character. Camilleri poked fun at this in one of the books, where it's acknowledged that the TV series exists in the Montalbano universe. Specifically, Montalbano himself states that, unlike Zingaretti (who's also 11 years younger), he has a full head of hair. See more »Contribute to This Page
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Set in Sicily, Italy, and based on a series of novels, INSPECTOR MONTALBANO has proved successful in various parts of Europe. I caught it on BBC4, the cultural channel of the BBC. It takes a lot to infuse what might be termed an over-familiar genre with touches of originality, but INSPECTOR MONTALBANO achieves this task successfully. This is chiefly due to the interplay between the three main characters (Luca Zingaretti, Angelo Russo, Cesare Bocci), who work successfully as a team yet continually bicker with one another. The shooting-style also helps; there is an extensive use of outdoor locations - as opposed to the uniformly gray interior sequences of many British detective series - and a greater reliance on pans and zooms, rather than shot/reverse shots. This gives the series an epic feel, despite the familiarity of the story lines. The scripts are tautly written with plenty of opportunities for throwaway lines from the main protagonists. Definitely worth a look as a refreshing alternative to Anglo-American detective series.