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There is a rather good Italian writer, Niccolo Ammaniti, from whom I read two books - "I am not afraid" and "I will take you with me", the first of which was also filmed, like some of his other works, but I did not watch films. So I watched the miniseries Miracle: Tears of the Madonna / Il miracolo, 2018, was invented by Niccolo Ammaniti, he also took part in the production and as one of the directors of the series.
The series is quite interesting and purely Italian, since the theme of religion is present in the film in a characteristic aspect of Italians. The plot is this: when one of the mafia bosses is arrested, they find an amazing thing - a statuette of Madonna, crying with bloody tears, and they flow in an endless stream in huge numbers. In order not to disturb the public, which can react very actively to such a phenomenon, it is placed under the protection of the military (most likely, special services) in a secret place, carefully guarded and at the same time trying to uncover the cause of this phenomenon, quite to no avail. They examine this blood to determine who it may belong to, do DNA analysis (probably the author’s initial incomplete biological formation affects), but do not approach the solution. But the main thing in the film is not this, it is such an original background, which unfolds the actions and the characters of several heroes, the main of which is Prime Minister Fabrizio Pietromarci (Guido Caprino), his wife Sole (Helena Lietti), their children, the nanny of these children, a bad priest who has long lost his moral character, his girlfriend of youth and some others. That’s their actions and we see, frankly, that there are no positive characters among them, although sometimes we think that something positive in them still appears, but this is like all people. The end is very significant, there in all its glory appears “positive” Fabrizio. And of course, the action of military biologist Sandra (Alba Rorwacher) is also very mysterious and ambiguous. The new Madonna?
I was quite interested in watching this series, the acting work is also worthy and shot in places very good. However, I can not say that the storylines are always well worked out, so the series is not perfect, but I advise those interested in modern Italian cinema to watch.