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Max Sets Marco Bellocchio-Directed ‘Portobello’ as First Italian Original Series
Max has acquired the Marco Bellocchio-directed TV series 'Portobello' as its first Italian original series for a 2026 launch.
After enduring a lengthy trial, being sentenced to 10 years in prison and spending some time behind bars, Tortora’s conviction was eventually fully overturned by Italy’s Supreme Court in 1987 amid widespread belief that the TV host had been the victim of corrupt judges and prosecutors. The “Portobello” cast comprises frequent Bellocchio collaborator Fabrizio Gifuni as Enzo Tortora, plus Lino Musella, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Barbora Bobulova, Alessandro Preziosi and Fausto Russo Alesi. Gifuni previously starred as former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in Bellocchio’s limited TV series “Exterior Night,” about the 1978 kidnapping and assassination of the country’s leader by Red Brigades terrorists.
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