Portobello is coming to HBO Max in 2026!
The series, from Marco Bellocchio, stars Fabrizio Gifuni as Enzo Tortora.
The first two episodes are premiering today at the 2025 Venice Film Festival ahead of the show’s arrival on the streamer next year.
Keep reading to find out more…
Here’s the official logline: “1982. Enzo Tortora (Gifuni) is at the height of his success. He hosts Portobello, a show reaching 28 million viewers in prime time, where contestants try to make the parrot, the show’s mascot, speak. Tortora is the king of 1980s television, and the president of Italy, Alessandro Pertini, even appoints Tortora Commander of the Republic. During this time, the Irpinia earthquake delivers the final blow to the already fragile balance of the New Organized Camorra criminal organization.”
“Giovanni Pandico, a trusted friend of crime boss Raffaele Cutolo and a regular viewer of Portobello, decides to repent. Interrogated by the judges, he names an unexpected person: Enzo Tortora. When on June 17, 1983, the Italian police knock on Tortora’s hotel room, he thinks it’s a mistake, but it is only the beginning of an odyssey that will drag him from the heights to the abyss.”
series the teaser trailer…
https://www.youtube.com/series?v=xWfP35FJ0vQ
Lino Musella, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Barbora Bobulova, Carlotta Gamba, Alessandro Preziosi, Fausto Russo Alesi, and Salvatore D’Onofrio all star in the show. series the teaser trailer above!
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