AND On August 7, 1990 when Simonetta Cesaroni, 20 years old, was found dead in via Poma, killed by 29 white weapon shots: on the face, on the body, around the genitals. The first episode of the New True Crime series Dark Lines – pencil crimesfrom Thursday 22 May exclusively on Raiplayepisode from here is this clip. In all there are eight cases of femicide – divided into two episodes – that Valentina Romani’s narrative voice will tell in the series. From Meredith Kercher to Chiara Poggi, from Marta Russo to Serena Mollicone, from Elisa Claps to Nada Cella, to Melania Rea. Eight women whose names have appeared thousands of times on the pages of the black news of our country.
Valentina Romani is the narrative voice of the new True Crime program “Dark Lines – pencil crimes”, on Rai Play from 22 May 2025 (Rai press office)
Simonetta Cesaroni: a clip from Dark Lines – pencil crimes
The peculiarity of Dark Lines – pencil crimes It is the way in which the various cases of femicide are reconstructed: if the actress’s voice guides the story, To bring the audience to the crime scene are drawings. Thanks to graphic novel The series arrives ARascertaining what the photographic or repertoire image cannot doavoiding the alienating effect that give the reconstructions of the crimes staged by professional actors.
The designs basically part of the crime story in reality, and not only on TV. Scenes of the crime, processes behind closed doors, faces for identikit: pencils have always helped those who investigate. As Tito Faraci, author of the program with Giovanni Filippetto, «The drawing has a strong credibility, on a concrete plane, which concerns the facts. And, at the same time, on an emotional level, because the feelings that arouses are strong and real ».
Valentina Romani tells eight feminicides that have shaken Italy
There are therefore facts, family dynamics, investigations, suspicions, possible motives and testimonies. There are interrogations, processes and any convictions or acquittals. And the drawn images support words on a journey that mixes voices, techniques and narrative styles. THE’hybridization of languages, in the intentions of Rai, could help Keep the memory alive on serious news events, even among the youngest.
Valentina Romani, Which is part of the “One one hundred thousand” Foundation, dedicated to the prevention and contrast of violence against women, has entered “on tiptoe in painful stories, trying to tell them with respect and truth. Talking about violence is never easy, but it is necessary. Because silence, sometimes, can be the most insidious form of complicity ».
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