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HBO Max Releases Official Trailer For Italian HBO Original Series PORTOBELLO

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The HBO Original Series From Marco Bellocchio And Starring Fabrizio Gifuni Debuts February 20 On HBO Max

 

  • HBO Max released the official trailer for PORTOBELLO, the acclaimed series by Marco Bellocchio and starring Fabrizio Gifuni. Presented at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, PORTOBELLO debuts FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 on HBO Max. The first Italian HBO Original series tells the dramatic story of TV host Enzo Tortora, who became the protagonist of a horrific judicial ordeal.
     
  • Synopsis: 1982. Enzo Tortora is at the height of his success. He hosts Portobello and reaches 28 million primetime viewers, all waiting for the contestant who will manage to make the show’s famous parrot speak. President Pertini names him Commander of the Republic. Tortora is the king of 1980s Italian TV, and his show both reflects and comforts the nation. At the same time, the Irpinia earthquake delivers the final blow to the fragile balance within the Nuova Camorra Organizzata. Giovanni Pandico, a trusted associate of boss Raffaele Cutolo and an avid Portobello viewer from his prison cell, decides to turn state witness. While being questioned, he gives an unexpected name: Enzo Tortora.

    When, on June 17, 1983, the Carabinieri knock on his hotel room door, Tortora thinks it must be a mistake. But it is only the beginning of an ordeal that will drag him from the heights of fame to the depths of ruin.
     
  • Cast: Stars Fabrizio Gifuni, Lino Musella, Barbora Bobulova, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Federica Fracassi, Carlotta Gamba,  Giada Fortini, Irene Maiorino, Giovanni Buselli, Davide Mancini, Paolo Pierobon, Gianluca Gobbi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Massimiliano Rossi, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Alessio Praticò, Alma Noce, Salvatore D’Onofrio, Francesco Russo, Gennaro Apicella, Luciano Giugliano, Alessandro Fella, Antonia Truppo, Gianmaria Martini and features Gianfranco Gallo as Raffaele Cutolo, with Fabrizio Contri, Tommaso Ragno, Valeria Marini, and Alessandro Preziosi.
     
  • Credits: The series is produced by OUR FILMS, part of the Mediawan group, and KAVAC FILM, in co-production with ARTE France and in collaboration with Rai Fiction and The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company. Produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani for Our Films, and by Simone Gattoni for Kavac Film. Cinematography by Francesco Di Giacomo, production design by Andrea Castorina, costumes by Daria Calvelli, editing by Francesca Calvelli, music by Teho Teardo.

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