Italian television explores adolescent identity and social pressures

Recent Italian television releases explore different facets of adolescent life. The series ‘Minerva – La scuola’ follows students at a military school, focusing on characters Salvo, Vincenzo, and Camilla. While the production is noted for its high-quality visual setting at the Reggia di Portici, the narrative is criticized for diluting its central mystery—the disappearance of a student named Francesco—with various subplots involving romance and family issues.

In contrast, the RaiPlay docuseries ‘FOMO – Fear of Missing Out’ offers a non-scripted look at high school students. Following a class at the Vittoria Colonna linguistic high school in Rome for an entire academic year, the twelve-episode series examines the psychological pressures of the digital age. It focuses on the struggle to build identity and the pervasive fear of being inadequate or excluded from social experiences.