Marco Bellocchio releases Portobello miniseries

Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio has released a new miniseries titled ‘Portobello’. The production explores a significant moment in Italian history involving Enzo Tortora, a successful television presenter who was wrongfully accused of Mafia collusion and imprisoned in 1983.

Starring Fabrizio Gifuni, the series depicts the judicial error as a tragedy, illustrating the tension between a media personality reaching 28 million viewers and a paranoid criminal who targets him from prison. The narrative examines the relationship between the justice system and the media, portraying a society grappling with doubt and paranoia.