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Italian mini-series, adaptation of Rosa Ventrell’s novel “The Story of a Good Family” / Storia di una famiglia perbene, 2021. This is one of the many stories characteristic of Italy about love, mafia, loyalty, family duty, betrayal, etc. This time in the spotlight are two families from the city of Bari, one of them – well-known smugglers and drug dealers Straziota, the second – the family of fisherman Antonio De Santis (Guseppe Zeno). They are connected not only by the area of residence, where everything is commanded and much is owned by Straziota, but also by several murders - once the people of Straziota were killed by Antonio's father, then his son. However, it turned out that the father, whom Antonio considered perfect, was connected with Straziot and was killed for trying to deceive them, and the son later contacted them. Nevertheless, Antonio is obsessed with hatred and thirst for revenge, but life makes its unacceptable adjustments for him - his youngest daughter, recalcitrant Maria, accidentally meets the youngest son of Straziot Michele, he saves her on the sea, where she almost drowned, they are still teenagers, a friendship between them ceases to be a youthful love, which Antonio does not want to hear, as well as Michele's relatives. Michele doesn't want to follow in his family's footsteps, he wants to devote himself to music. At some point they decide to escape, but Straziot's father gets in their way, which Michele learns only a few years later, forcing Maria to abandon their plans, threatening to otherwise kill her father. Michele leaves alone, and Maria, distinguished by her remarkable literary abilities, continues her successful studies. Life goes on as usual, they cannot escape from fate, much still happens in their difficult life, the end cannot be called happy.
The series turned out to be quite good for its segment, there were good actors, many of whom I have already seen in Italian films and TV series.