THEto new miniseries Kabul, Tonight on Rai 3 at 21.20, He chooses to bring a precise and very dramatic historical moment to the small screen: The geopolitical chaos of Afghanistan in the last 5 days before the return of the Taliban and their conquest of the capital. The history of the country is filtered through the History of a family, the Nazaryforced to choose between a forced exile or remain courageously in their country. In the cast, all international, There is Eric Dane of Grey’s Anatomy and the Italians Valentina Cervi (Artemisia Gentileschi) and Gianmarco Saurino, a loved face of DOC – In your hands. The 6 episodes of Kabul The 12, 19 and 26 September will be broadcast in the early evening On Rai 3 and also available on Raiplay.
Kabul: Rai 3 fiction plot, tonight at 9.20 pm
Afghanistan, 10 August 2021. The US military, in service in Kabul, are ready to retire while The Taliban are resuming control of the city. From this moment the chaos reigns. The prosecutor Zahara (Darina al Joundi) risks becoming an easy target for the new regime. For the Court, he investigated the terrorist intent of the paramilitary group, condemning some of his affiliates. When he learns that they are on their black listher husband Baqir (Vassilis Koukalani) He chooses to do his suitcases immediately with the intention of heading towards the French Embassy.
The hope is to be welcomed and therefore to be able to leave for Europe before it is too late. Meanwhile, his daughter Amina (Hannah Abdoh) A surgeon who has just completed his first transplant, he would like to stay in the country to continue working. But with the arrival of the new obscurantist power, the freedom and the right of women are particularly at risk and its sacrifice could be useless. The reason leads her to the airport but the sense of duty blocks it to help a woman Very sick.
Even his brother Fazal (Shervin Alenabi), a former commander of the safety of a checkpoint, has other and more risky plans. Forced by the US secret services, he will have to live undercover to be able to insinuate himself among the components of ISIS.
During this delicate phase, they will meet Italian diplomats, German soldiers, American agents of the CIA French police. A series of characters, from all over the world, ready for anything to help them or even put them even more in difficulty. Around them, the threat becomes more and more real.
Gianmarco Saurino in “Kabul” (Domniki Mitropoulou/PressseriesmaniaFestival)
Location, true story, cast: Eric Dane, Gianmarco Saurino, Valentina Cervi
Presented in a world premiere in France at Series Mania Festival 2025 by Lille, The series directed by the Registers Olga Chajdas and Kasia Adamik is able to transmitthrough the story of a family and an pressing rhythm, the sense of loss of an entire people. The six episodes of the series, 51 minutes eachchase the excited stages of the safety plans of the intelligence and the help of the embassies to the displaced people. In this way, the viewer manages to perceive a fragment of truth, the one in which 20 years of the West disappear from their history, which seems to never get to a peaceful conclusion.
Kabul, dividing itself Between thriller genre and espionage history, boasts an international cast. Eric Dane is part of this Of Grey’s Anatomy. (In the series conceived by Shonda Rhimes, it is the doctor Mark Sloane, nicknamed “Dr. Board”). Also seen in Euphoria in which he plays Nate’s father (Jacob Elordi), recently revealed that he was SLA patientamyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
There is no shortage of Italian faces such as Gianmarco Saurino In the role of John, The new and inexperienced Italian console that has the task of managing refugees. Valentina Cervi is instead Francesca, Referent of Giovanni, ready with his experience to help him in every phase of delicate operations towards salvation. Saurino and Valentina Cervi, Both among the protagonists of the original Netflix series Lidia Poët, they will return On the Streaming platform in 2026 with the third season.
The locations of the fiction Kabul
The filming of Kabul were carried out far from the places of its history. Production has chosen Athens And, In particular, the now abandoned airport of Hellenikon. An ideal location To convey the feeling of chaos and drama in which its protagonists live.