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Portobello
Guilty until proven innocent
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Fabrizio Gifuni
Enzo Tortora
6 eps
Lino Musella
Giovanni Pandico
6 eps
Romana Maggiora Vergano
Francesca Scopelliti
6 eps
Barbora Bobuľová
Anna Tortora
6 eps
Alessandro Preziosi
Giorgio Fontana
6 eps
Fausto Russo Alesi
Diego Marmo
6 eps
Carlotta Gamba
Silvia Tortora
6 eps
Salvatore D'Onofrio
Michele Morello
6 eps
Valeria Marini
Moira Orfei
6 eps
Tommaso Ragno
Marco Pannella
6 eps
Irene Maiorino
Nadia Marzano
6 eps
Massimiliano Rossi
Pasquale Barra
6 eps
Paolo Pierobon
Prof. Dall'Ora
6 eps
Alessandro Fella
Renato Vallanzasca
6 eps
Gianfranco Gallo
Raffaele Cutolo
6 eps
Gianmaria Martini
Andrea Villa
6 eps
Giovanni Buselli
Gianni Melluso
6 eps
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Detenuto
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Portobello actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Portobello reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the early '80s, Enzo Tortora is one of the most beloved figures on Italian television. But in the midst of Italy's war against organized crime, Enzo's life is upended when he's falsely connected to the notorious Camorra criminal ring.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lorenzo MieliProducer
- Mario GiananiProducer
- Simone GattoniProducer
Direction
- Marco BellocchioDirector
Cinematography
- Francesco Di GiacomoDirector of Photography
Music
- Teho TeardoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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