Netflix has set the premiere date for Sara – A Woman in the Shadow, a new crime drama series from Italy. Check out the trailer (in Italian without English subtitles).
Teresa Saponangelo (Vincenzo Malinconico – The Italian Lawyer, The General’s Men, The Hand of God) stars in Sara – Woman in the Shadows (Sara – la donna nell’ombra) as Sara, a tired and withdrawn former secret service agent who wants to know the truth about the suspicious, premature death of her son. For this, she leaves her self-imposed prison of solitude and asks Teresa (Claudia Gerini, Suburra: Blood on Rome, Under the Tuscan Sun), a former colleague and friend, for a favor.
Well, nothing is for nothing, so the you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours deal requires Sara to return to spycraft, and, in an instant, she finds herself entangled in her old life. Despite having withdrawn from this world for a while, Sara, nicknamed “the invisible woman” by those she had worked with, has still got it; her talent in intelligence work, not to mention her skill in lipreading, hasn’t faded one bit.
Working alongside Sara are Pardo (Flavio Furno, The General’s Men, The Promised Life), a cop, and Viola (Chiara Celotto, Mixed by Erry, Vincenzo Malinconico – The Italian Lawyer), a photographer — who happens to be Sara’s late son’s partner… and pregnant. As they investigate a series of crimes that grows increasingly sinister, Sara must balance navigating old ghosts and dangers with learning who her son really was. It’s difficult as well as dangerous, but this is how Sara returns to life and takes on what she does best: deliver justice.
Sara – A Woman in the Shadows, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, June 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The series is based on the “Le indagini di Sara” (“The Investigations of Sara”) crime novel series published by Rizzoli and written by Maurizio de Giovanni, author of “The Bastards of Pizzofalcone” and “Inspector Ricciardi” novels, which have also been adapted into television series.
Directed by Carmine Elia (La Porta Rossa), and written by Donatella Diamanti (Carlo & Malik), Mario Cristiani (Purple Sea), and Giovanni Galassi (Don’t Leave Me), the six-episode series also features Carmine Recano (The Sea Beyond), Massimo Popolizio (Romanzo Criminale), and Antonio Girardi (The Lions of Sicily), amongst others.
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“Le indagini di Sara” book series by Maurizio de Giovanni
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