Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestIn Turin, a priest is killed by the explosion of a candle and Commissioner Santamaria has to unravel the problem.
Acting
Mastroianni's world-weary commissioner is pure cinematic comfort food.
Direction
Nanni Loy balances satire and genuine melancholy with surgical precision.
Marcello Mastroianni
Salvatore Santamaria
Marie Laforêt
Chantel (Poiret) Guidi
Yvonne Sciò
Thea Guidi
Ennio Fantastichini
Graziano Scalisi
Alessandro Haber
Ingegner Vicini
Max von Sydow
Arcivescovo di Torino
Emmanuelle Riva
Professoressa Chaldiny
Sergio Fantoni
Ingegner Musumanno
Leo Gullotta
Priotti
Bruno Bilotta
Renato Carpentieri
Don Pezza
Gabriella Giorgelli
Romilda
Pierfrancesco Loche
Orrù
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Nanni Loy's final directorial work before his death in 1995, essentially a farewell to his cynical view of Italian society.
The title references a famous Italian political joke about corruption—'How dark is the night?'—making it instantly recognizable to native audiences as satire.
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