C.with an entrance to say the least turbulent, between assaults in the rectory and the reluctance of the Spoleto community, Raoul Bova finally debuted in Don Matteo 13. And despite the not-so-accommodating start, it’s safe to bet that his Don Massimo will be appreciated by everyone.
After all, the ratings don’t lie: 6,485,000 viewers, equal to 31.15% share. An excellent result, up from the debut this season (29.9%). Lux Vide And Rai Fiction they have therefore chosen well: The protagonist of a much-loved series can only be replaced by an equally loved face, capable of ensuring the same results.
Raoul Bova: the successful handover
From Terence Hill to Bova it was a change with all the characteristics of a dramatic revolution: the affection of the public towards Don Matteo increased over the course of 22 years of honorable service.
The Roman actor defended himself well, though. Both because he is much loved, and because his character is wisely inserted into the script. During last night’s episode, something more than this was discovered Don Massimo, who came out of nowhere. As well as some details on the disappearance of Don Matteo. The latter left Spoleto for Sudan, where he went to help a friend. He writes it in a letter (perhaps a farewell?) Addressed to the dearest loved ones. A soft farewell, which alleviates the pain of leaving the scene.
Raoul Bova. (Fabio Lovino / courtesy press office)
“Don Massimo doesn’t talk much, but he knows how to fix things,” says Ines (Aurora Menenti). An apt phrase, which summarizes the character played by Bova. His priest is a man of few words, but from great humanity; of small gestures, but of great help. A character in line with the image to which the Roman actor has accustomed his audience since its inception.
He won’t replace Terence Hill, but that’s not his mission. Rather, his job is to create a bridge between the old and the new course. And with the image of a good boy, the actor who always makes the audience capitulate, he already seems to have accomplished half the feat.
Bova in Justice for all
On the working level, Raoul Bova lives an intense period. Last year he was on Canale 5 with fiction Good morning mom! and with the docu-film Last race. Immediately after the airing of Don Matteo 13will return to the Mediaset flagship with Justice for allnew fiction which is scheduled to air at the end of spring.
The protagonist of the series is Roberto Beltrami (Raoul Bova), a happily married photographer from Turin, unjustly convicted of murder. The victim is right his wife Beatrice. During the ten years of detention, she graduated in law with a very specific goal: get her case reopened to prove her innocence.
To help him, a colleague of his wife, Victoria Bonetto. If on the one hand a crack opens up for Beltrami, on the other hand he has to deal with the deteriorated relationship with his daughter Giulia. Now the girl is 17 years old, she was raised by her aunt and she is not particularly open towards her father.
Raoul Bova and Rocío Muñoz Morales at the Monte-Carlo Film Festival 2021. (Getty Images)
Raoul Bova and Rocío together again on the set
With Justice for all, the actor finds himself on the set a person very dear to him: comrade Rocío Muñoz Morales. The two met on the set of Immature – The journey, a 2012 film directed by Paolo Genovese. A meeting heralds the feeling that, still today, binds them and that gave birth to two sons: moonborn on 2 December 2015, e Almaborn on November 1, 2018.
Raoul and Rocío are one of the most loved couples of the Italian star system, and they never made a secret of their relationship. A relationship lived in the spotlight ever since they decided to make it public, without shy away from uncomfortable questions. In 2015 Rocío co-hosted the Sanremo Festival next to Carlo ContiArisa and Emma and on that occasion she did not spare herself in expressing admiration for her partner.
Previously, Bova was married to Chiara Giordanowith whom she had children Alessandro Leon, born in 2000, and Francesco, born in 2001.
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