'The Monster of Florence': The Four-Episode TV Series Directed by Stefano Sollima Is Coming Only on Netflix on October 22

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With the release of the teaser trailer and a new official image, Netflix announces that The Monster of Florence , the four-episode TV series directed by Stefano Sollima, created by Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima, about the titular serial killer, will be available only on Netflix on October 22, for the 10° anniversary of the service in Italy.

The TV series, a production by The Apartment - a Fremantle company - and AlterEgo, produced by Lorenzo Mieli, Stefano Sollima and Gina Gardini, stars Marco Bullitta, Valentino Mannias, Francesca Olia, Liliana Bottone, Giacomo Fadda, Antonio Tintis and Giordano Mannu.

SYNOPSIS:

Eight double murders. Seventeen years of terror. Always the same weapon. A .22 caliber Beretta. One of the longest and most complex Italian investigations into the first and most brutal serial killer in the country's history: The Monster of Florence. This story is based on ongoing legal proceedings and investigations. In a story where there have been many possible monsters, over time and investigations, our story focuses on them, the possible monsters, from their point of view. Because the monster, in the end, could be anyone.

CREDITS:

• Release date: October 22 only on Netflix

• Directed by Stefano Sollima

• A Production by The Apartment - a Fremantle company - and AlterEgo

• Produced by Lorenzo Mieli, Stefano Sollima and Gina Gardini

• A series created by Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima

• Cast: Marco Bullitta, Valentino Mannias, Francesca Olia, Liliana Bottone, Giacomo Fadda, Antonio Tintis and Giordano Mannu.

Netflix

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The Apartment The Apartment is a film and television company within the Fremantle Group, focused on high-quality projects created by leading filmmakers and emerging talents from the Italian and international scene. The Apartment has produced, among others, the TV series The Young Pope and The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino, all four seasons of My Brilliant Friend , based on Elena Ferrante's tetralogy, We Are Who We Are by Luca Guadagnino, M - The Son of the Century by Joe Wright and The Monster by Stefano Sollima. For cinema, it has produced numerous feature films, all selected at major international festivals, including The Hand of God by Paolo Sorrentino, Exterior Night by Marco Bellocchio, Bones and All by Luca Guadagnino, Priscilla by Sofia Coppola. Most recently: Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino, Maria by Pablo Larraín, Queer by Luca Guadagnino and Fuori by Mario Martone. Currently in post-production are the feature films The Kidnapping of Arabella by Carolina Cavalli, Rosebush Pruning by Karim Aïnouz, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother by Jim Jarmusch and La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino.

AlterEgo

AlterEgo is a film and television production company, founded by Stefano Sollima, Gina Gardini and Ludovico Purgatori. In 2023 it made its theatrical debut with Adagio , a film by Stefano Sollima, produced in collaboration with The Apartment and distributed by Vision Distribution, which had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion. The second project produced by AlterEgo is The Monster of Florence , a 4-episode television series created and directed by Stefano Sollima, and produced by Gina Gardini with Sollima in collaboration with The Apartment for Netflix.