D.fter the boom of 5,418,000 spectators last week, the second episode from Makari – 21.30 on Rai 1 – arrives on time on Monday evening but with high expectations. In fact, no one seems to be immune from the charm of Saverio Lamanna, former journalist with an infallible flair who returned to live in Sicily after many years in Milan.
Inspired by the novels of Gaetano Savattieri, Makari conquest as he had already done in his debut season thanks to an irresistible formula. For the character played by Claudio Gioèdue to the hybrid nature of thriller and comedy, and for the locations. Nothing new, was the recipe for Inspector Montalbano. That it could also work for another investigator was not certain, yet everything is going well.
Makari: the previews of the second episode
Suleima is back in Sicily, but things between her and Saverio don’t seem to be improving. More and more taken by work, and by the graces of her new boss, the girl is changing and the partner is afraid that all this will take her away from him, irremediably.
To forget the worries, he then accepts the offer from Franco Pitrone, an old friend who invites him to a conference of Honesty and Justice, an important association against organized crime.
Claudio Gioè and Ester Pantano. (Photo by Valentina Glorioso)
Together with the faithful LovebirdSaverio goes to the conference where many fellow journalists of the past they make him want a return to life as a reporter. The temptations, however, are not only professional, one is certain Angela (Cristina Marino) seems determined to conquer it.
But suddenly, during the convention, Simone Triassi, an illustrious journalist, is assassinated and writer and, as always. the enigma will be Saverio’s task. But also find out if he and Suleima will be able to resolve their crisis.
Cristina Marino and Claudio Gioè. (Photo by Valentina Glorioso)
The enchanting Sicilian location
Magical corner of north-western Sicily at the gates of the splendid San Vito Lo Capo – Trapani -, Makari is the picturesque background of fiction. It is not the only one, to reinforce the postcard charm there are also Baia Santa Margherita, the irrepressible nature of Zingaro Nature Reservethe enchanting Tonnara di Scopello and the ancient marble quarries of Custonaci. Natural scenographies that make up a map which has the same effect as Montalbano’s scattered geography.
Geography that had as its center Vigata, fictional country sum of several places in province of Ragusa: Scicli, Modica and Punta Secca (headquarters of the very famous house of the commissionertoday bed and breakfast).
The theme song sung by Ignazio of Il Volo
To accompany the events an exceptional soundtrack, composed by Ignazio Boschetto of the lyric-melodic trio The flight. Together with his two companions, he sings the melancholy and poignant opening theme song from typically folkloristic sounds.
«This song tells the story of Sicily seen from the eyes of a twenty-five year old – said Boschetto, a native of Marsala – who lived it through the stories and images that I experience every summer, in San Vito Lo Capo. IS a passage attached to traditions. I love series that, like this one, combine love and yellow. For us it is truly an honor to be able to tell my Sicily through a fiction ».
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