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It had 1 first reasonable season, the rest terrible. The movie however was awesome. Gomorrah the series at its worst is still better than any part of suburra. I agree! which is why I was so surprised that the ending was so similar. I actually don't mind Suburra, it's kind of kitchy and tacky but still fun to watch.
"Suburra: la series" is a mix between the most sophisticated Netflix TV productions and the most cheesy Italian TV series. While cinematography, music and some actors (Filippo Nigri, Claudia Gerini, Francesco Acquaroli overall) are quite impressive, the screenplay and in particular the roles of the three young protagonists seems to be written and sometimes recited with their own feet.
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By Marina Berlin
Updated: Mar 3, 2018 1:35 am
Posted: Mar 2, 2018 7:32 pm
Are you bored with action-adventure crime shows? Are you over the same story of police detectives chasing down a murderer? Do you yearn for a show that combines the action-adventure attributes of 24, the warring factions of Game of Thrones, and the thoughtfulness and sociological breadth of The Wire? Well, Netflix just made all your dreams come true.
Except in this case the families in question run the criminal underworld of Rome, and the heroes are two young men who meet at a party designed to cater to a senior Vatican official’s appetite for drugs and orgies. One of them is Aureliano, a tall, blond boxer in his mid-twenties, the second child of a major crime boss who sees Aureliano’s sister as the true heir to the family business. The other is Spadino (a nickname that means “dagger,” a reference to his favorite weapon), whose older brother runs the biggest criminal family in the Roma community (called “gypsies” in Netflix’s English subtitles) in Rome and intends to see Spadino married as soon as possible, to cement a business alliance.
Aureliano and Spadino join forces with Lele, a university student who hides his job as a drug dealer from his police officer father, to blackmail the Vatican priest for a huge sum of money that will allow all three to gain independence from their families. Along the way they’re aided and foiled by characters like “Samurai,” a former right-wing terrorist who’s been Rome’s shadow governor for decades; Sara Monaschi, an ambitious accountant trying gain power and influence to further her own ends; Amedeo Cinaglia, the last honest politican in Rome who’s been sidelined by his party; and other colorful friends and foes.
But while the show is extremely fast-paced, cinematically gorgeous and careful about introducing its large cast and multiple plots in a way that never feels heavy or confusing, the thing that truly sets it apart is its broad view of Rome’s diverse communities and identities: From Aureliano’s love interest, Isabelle, a woman of African-Italian descent who deals with questions of identity and belonging and whose character is a window into Italy’s relationship with racism, to Spadino’s entire storyline.
Aside from being part of a marginalized ethnic community, Spadino has also spent most of his life trying to ignore his attraction towards other men, convinced he’d be disowned -- or worse -- if his family knew he wasn’t straight. That plan is complicated when he starts to fall in love with Aureliano, a man he’s not even supposed to be talking to, as their families go from simply disliking each other to actively gunning each other down.
The show’s strength is also in its combination of high-stakes, sensationalist drama and extremely specific, detailed settings and stories that give a sense of immersive reality. Yes, Aureliano and Spadino are twentysomething heirs to criminal empires, but they also live at home with their families, and their bedrooms reflect the boys they were as teenagers. The modest apartment Lele shares with his police officer dad is similarly very different from the luxurious one his lover, Sara Monaschi, shares with her husband.
In a way, it’s the gas stations, municipal buildings, night clubs, beaches and streets of Rome that make the show what it is. The Italian capital as it’s seen by the locals, not the tourists we usually see narrate stories about Italy in English. Suburra: Blood on Rome doesn’t show the colosseum, or the Sistine Chapel, or anyone jumping into a fountain. Instead the city’s culture and history is just another layer of political leverage and maneuvering, something the characters grew up with and therefore take for granted.
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Marina Berlin is a media critic who writes science fiction in her spare time. Talk to her on twitter at @berlin_marina.
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Feb 22, 2019 · With a more condensed run time and extra urgency around the main plot points, Suburra is a fast paced, highly enjoyable slice of Italian crime. While there are a few subplots here that feel a little unnecessary, the truly shocking finale makes it worth persevering with and I can only hope Netflix renew this one based on this showing.
Nov 24, 2022 · Dramatically Suburra: Blood on Rome is a superior example of its genre even if it does not quite live up to its ambitions, but visually its locations, and intelligent use of those locations, make it one of the most stunning television shows ever produced. Published on November 24th, 2022. Written by John Winterson Richards for Television Heaven.
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Suburra: Blood on Rome: With Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, Filippo Nigro, Carlotta Antonelli. In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
