Raffaella Carrà the TV series: plot, Disney+, episodes, when it comes out

Reserved by nature and extremely jealous of her privacy, Raffaella Carrà fought to assert herself in a world of men, but she was also a woman who loved and suffered a lot.

The three episodes they retrace the artist’s public and private life, starting from his childhood in Romagna and his subsequent arrival in Rome. Acting student at the Experimental Cinematography Center, the future star made his cinema debut very early and in 1960 she even came close to playing the role of Rosetta in Vittorio De Sica’s masterpiece The ciociara.

Despite good success on the big screen – and a “cover” flirtation with Frank Sinatra -, Raffaella moved to television very soon. Where, in 1969, she made her debut as the first woman on the show Me, Agata and youthrowing a new, lively and modern management style.

The following year arrives the “scandal” of Tuca Tuca due to too daring choreography but Raffaella, with the help of dancer Alberto Sordi, brings everyone into agreement and becomes a popular phenomenon. And the rest is history.

The docuseries tracks like this the profile of an all-round artist who was able to become a symbol of freedom and equality between the sexes in the Seventies, queen of public TV in the Eighties and LGBTQ+ icon.

A myth that overcomes every cultural and generational barrier and that audiences around the world have loved for over 50 years.

Gianni Boncompagni and Sergio Japino

Working on the dichotomy between the Pelloni woman (the real surname) and the public Carrà, Daniele Luchetti broadens his horizon and, through the parable of our Raffa, wants to tell us something more. Especially Italy.

In fact, it is inevitable that, in wanting to begin the story from his childhood – with his first steps still under the bombs – the director of The bag carrier you also give us gifts a glimpse of our history. As if the showgirl were the ferryman, from one decade to the next, of social and anthropological changes.

The series becomes like this – too thanks to the testimonies of Fiorello, Marco Bellocchio and Barbara Boncompagni – an extraordinary one time Machine. However, without ever losing sight of the fulcrum of everything, namely Raffaella Carrà. In fact, the director does not hold back in delving into the soul of a complex woman. Also showcasing her “darkest” and most personal sides.

As the unresolved trauma of a father who abandoned her and which will weigh heavily on the showgirl’s future relationships. In fact, Luchetti focuses in particular on the relationships he had with Gianni Boncompagni and Sergio Japino.

Two men who, at different moments of her life, were at her side both from an artistic and sentimental point of view.

The latest initiatives dedicated to Raffa

An undisputed icon also in terms of looks, the Carrà has created something that wasn’t there before: the “Carrà style”. And we’re not just talking about her much-copied blonde bob.

A book came out last month, Raffaella Carrà. Between fashion and myth, published by 24 ORE Cultura, which contains all the souls of the showgirl in 240 pages. With many unpublished photographs portraying her with stage clothes and costumes which marked a real revolution in the world of entertainment.

For a few days instead it’s available The RCA years of Raffaella Carrà – The singles 1971-1972a box set that includes the singles RCA of the artist. The box contains four original 45s and an unreleased 7 inch with the English version of Tuca Tuca never printed in Italy e the song Regueoriginally printed only for the Chilean market in 1971.

On the cover a beautiful unpublished shot of Raffaella, taken by Gianni Boncompagnihis partner at the time but also the author of many of his hits.

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