PORTOBELLO, By Marco Bellocchio Starring Fabrizio Gifuni As Enzo Tortora, Introduces The First Two Episodes Premiering At The 82nd Venice Film Festival And Coming To HBO Max In 2026
- PORTOBELLO, by Marco Bellocchio starring Fabrizio Gifuni as Enzo Tortora and debuting at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, will come to HBO Max in 2026
- Synopsis: 1982. Enzo Tortora is at the height of his success. He hosts “Portobello,” a show reaching 28 million viewers in prime time, where contestants try to make the parrot, the show's mascot, speak. Tortora is the king of 1980s television, and the president of Italy, Alessandro Pertini, even appoints Tortora Commander of the Republic. During this time, the Irpinia earthquake delivers the final blow to the already fragile balance of the New Organized Camorra criminal organization. Giovanni Pandico, a trusted friend of crime boss Raffaele Cutolo and a regular viewer of “Portobello,” decides to repent. Interrogated by the judges, he names an unexpected person: Enzo Tortora. When on June 17, 1983, the Italian police knock on Tortora’s hotel room, he thinks it’s a mistake, but it is only the beginning of an odyssey that will drag him from the heights to the abyss.
- Cast: Fabrizio Gifuni as Enzo Tortora, Lino Musella, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Barbora Bobulova, Carlotta Gamba, Alessandro Preziosi, Fausto Russo Alesi, and Salvatore D’Onofrio.
- Credits: The series is written by Marco Bellocchio, Stefano Bises, Giordana Mari, and Peppe Fiore.