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Melissa

1966 · 1 season

A slow, talky whodunit that keeps you leaning in, sifting alibis and phone calls while suspicion settles on the man we're meant to trust.

Created by: Daniele D'Anza
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Turi Ferro, Massimo Serato

Overview: Always on the hunt for news, journalist Guy Foster has no idea that he will soon be the subject of the city's crime pages: when his wife Melissa is found strangled in Regent's Park, he will be the first on the list of suspects. His innocence remains to be proven, as does the phone call the journalist claims to have received from his wife shortly before her body was discovered. A second murder and an attempted murder will further complicate matters...

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Created by: Daniele D'Anza
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Turi Ferro, Massimo Serato

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
betrayal
guilt
justice
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: Daniele D'Anza
Written by: Franca Cancogni, Daniele D'Anza, Francis Durbridge
Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Turi Ferro, Massimo Serato, Laura Adani, Luisella Boni, Tony D'Amico, Francesco Paolo D'Amato, Armando Brancia
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 60 min each
Languages: Italian

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