cCertain novels are part of our history and remain eternally current. 60 years from The Leopardthe unforgettable film by Luchino Visconti with Claudia Cardinale and Burt Lancaster, the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa will become a Netflix tv series.
The Leopardthe Netflix series
The cast has been announced and there will be six episodes: to tell the saga of the Prince of Salina and his family. To interpret Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, will be Kim Rossi Stuart. They will be by your side Blessed Porcaroli in the role of Concetta, Deva Cassel will take on the role of Angelica e Saul Nanni those of Tancred. Also in the cast Paolo Calabresi, Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni and Greta Esposito.
Filming has already started
(Courtesy Press Office Netflix)
Filming began on April 27, will last over four months, and will take place in Palermo, Syracuse, Catania and Rome. Director Tom Shankland tells, through the story of Prince Salina and his family, the story of Italy yesterday and today. The Netflix series The LeopardIndeed, explore with today’s gaze themes that have been handed down for centuries and are universal: power, love and the cost of progress.
The social ad
The arrival of the new series was also communicated via social media on Netflix’s Instagram profile. «Based on one of the greatest Italian novels ever, filming begins today on The Leopard» we read on social networks where the very first images of the series were shared.
And that was enough to arouse curiosity among film enthusiasts. They immediately commented: «Doing better than Visconti is tough but never say never».
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