26/09/2017 - Entitled Esterno notte, Bellocchio's first series will be a "reverse shot" of Good Morning, Night, and will tell the story of Aldo Moro from a new perspective

Director Marco Bellocchio

Marco Bellocchio is set to direct his first TV series, Esterno notte, in 2018 once work finishes on The Traitor [+see also:
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In Good Morning, Night [+see also:
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The series is due to be filmed on the fortieth anniversary of Aldo Moro's death and will presumably be produced by RAI, which has always given Marco Bellocchio support in the past.

(Translated from Italian)