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177 Giorni. Il rapimento di Farouk

2026 · 1 season

A slow, suffocating true-crime ordeal that keeps you anxious and emotionally drained as a family's paradise collapses into a long nightmare.

Created by
Carlo Carlei
Starring
Marco Bocci, Antonia Desplat, Rosa Diletta Rossi
Overview
The story of the kidnapping of young Farouk Kassam, which took place on the Costa Smeralda on January 15, 1992. A foreign family, long-established on the island—a father, a mother, and two children—lived what might have seemed like a paradise on earth, until one day, violence erupted, changing their lives forever. Seven-year-old Farouk was abducted from his home by a group of criminals, right before the horrified and helpless eyes of his parents and little sister. Thus began a nightmare that would last 177 days, holding all of Italy in suspense—a historic event that would even go so far as to put the State itself under immense strain. Faced with a harrowing ordeal like the kidnapping of a child, the individuals involved discovered within themselves resources, limitations, emotions, and instincts they never knew they possessed—while their closest bonds and firmest certainties were put to the ultimate test.

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Created by
Carlo Carlei
Starring
Marco Bocci, Antonia Desplat, Rosa Diletta Rossi
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • family
  • survival
  • trauma
  • power
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Created by
Carlo Carlei
Starring
Marco Bocci, Antonia Desplat, Rosa Diletta Rossi, Domenico Diele, Mauro Addis, Andrea Tedde, Giacomo Fadda, Rose Aste
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network
Rai 1, RaiPlay
Languages
Italian

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