TOMuch awaited by fans, it comes out today on Netflix the second season of History of my familyan Italian series created by Filippo Gravino and written by him together with Elisa Dondi. The events of. then return to the scene Fausto (Eduardo Scarpetta), a cancer patient, and his family, in fact: the mother Lucia (Vanessa Scalera), children Hercules (Tommaso Guidi) e Free (Jua Leo Migliore), the wife Sarah (Gaia Weiss), friends Demetrius (Antonio Gargiulo), Mary (Cristiana Dell’Anna), Valeria (Aurora Giovinazzo), her brother Valerio (Massimiliano Caiazzo). The first season was positively received, and this second appointment also reconfirms the narrative pace and a rich and non-trivial plot. He arrives in the cast Sergio Castellitto in the role of grandfather Gaetano.
History of my family: Season 1 finale explanation
The first seasonwhich opens with the death of Fausto and proceeds with flashbacks to reconstruct the story of his family, it ended with another memory. The one from the last one Fausto’s attempt to find an agreement with Sarah again. But this time too the rapprochement fails. And while Maria leaves and Valerio and Ercole entrust to a group of nuns headed to Brazil Fausto’s ashes (contained in a balloon) to fulfill his desire to travel, the return to the present is in court, with the hearing before the judge who denies custody of Sarah’s children Hercules and Libero.
But despite the two brothers having promised their father that they would remain united no matter what the cost, the series ends with the separation of the two: Libero escapes and joins his mother, while Ercole stays with his grandmother and uncle.
Vanessa Scalera (Lucia) and Sergio Castellitto (Gaetano). (Netflix)
History of my family 2 Netflix series, plot, how many episodes, review
History of my family 2 is composed of 6 episodes. It is now a year has passed since Fausto’s deathand despite all the commitment and all the love it was not possible to keep the promise that had been made to him: «Never separate». In fact, the family she failed to keep Hercules and Liber together. And to complicate the situation by putting the already precarious family balance at risk, is a figure that emerges, suddenly and unexpectedly, from the past: the eccentric grandfather Gaetanoplayed by the new entry Sergio Castellitto. Who knows nothing about the family’s recent history, Fausto’s death and the vicissitudes of the others.
A cumbersome presencewhich on the one hand recalls Fausto and his vitality, but which on the other leads to new and unexpected developments of the situation. And what Valerio moves away by his loved ones and pushes him to explore feelings and passions, just as Lucia tries with all her might to bring Libero back into the family. It also adds to the situation the return of Mary: Demetrio tries to understand his place in her new life, but unexpected news it displaces him. And even Maria herself has to deal with a burden that weighs on one’s pastand with a future that is becoming more complicated.
But the ghosts of the past are not only those of Maria: in the family everyone has some secret. Which resurfaces every now and then. While Gaetano, even with the best intentions, continues to create havoc. Thus the family’s task becomes twofold: find unity again to keep the promise made to Fausto, but also realize that it is time to overcome mourning and start living again.
In History of my family 2 the emotion of everyday life
Between sentimental entanglements, surreal situations and moments of great emotionalso the second season continues to excite. And to drag us towards an ending which, given the continuous twists and turns, is not so obvious (even if at times it perhaps turns out to be a little too corny and feel-good).
But the series History of my family however, he remains capable, even in the second season – and this is not to be taken for granted – of narrate everyday life with disarming simplicity and the consequences of the pain of a loss. And to do it with the lightness of a smileto talk about the difficulties of life without one naturally, as one does in the family.
The cast
In History of my family 2 the protagonists of the first season played by return Eduardo Scarpetta, Vanessa Scalera, Massimiliano Caiazzo, Cristiana Dell’Anna, Antonio Gargiulo, Aurora Giovinazzo, Gaia Weiss, Filippo Gili, Tommaso GuidiJua Leo Migliore and Fernando Guallar. In the role of grandfather Gaetano there is an exceptional new entry: Sergio Castellitto.