Filming began last Thursday in Rome on Il Gattopardo, the new Netflix series inspired by the novel of the same name by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. The six-part series, which will be released exclusively on the streaming platform worldwide, is produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Marco Cohen and Benedetto Habib for Indiana Production (Italy), and by Will Gould, Frith Tiplady and Matthew Read for Moonage Pictures (UK). 

Taking turns behind the camera will be Tom Shankland and Italian directors Giuseppe Capotondi and Laura Luchetti. The former, already at the reins of various BBC series such as The Missing but also The Serpent [+lire aussi :
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The cast includes Kim Rossi Stuart (recently both in front of and behind the camera for Brado [+lire aussi :
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Written by Richard Warlow (who is also the show’s creator and executive producer) together with Benji Walters, and based on one of the greatest Italian novels of all time, Il Gattopardo is an epic, surprising and sensual tale set in Sicily during the social turmoil of 1860, looking with modern eyes at universal themes that have been handed down for generations: power, love, and the cost of progress. At the heart of the series we find Don Fabrizio Corbera, the unforgettable Prince of Salina, who lives a life steeped in beauty and privilege. But the Sicilian aristocracy feels threatened by Italian unification, and Fabrizio realises that the futures of his lineage and family are in danger. In order not to lose out, Fabrizio will be forced to forge new alliances, even if doing so means going against his own principles, until one day finds himself faced with an apparently impossible choice. Don Fabrizio ha the power to organise a marriage that would save the future of his family, the union between the rich and beautiful Angelica and his nephew Tancredi, but doing so would break the heart of his beloved daughter Concetta.

The director of photography is Denmark’s Nicolaj Bruel, winner of the 2019 David di Donatello award for his work on Dogman [+lire aussi :
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Shooting will last over four months and will take place between Palermo, Syracuse, Catania and Rome.