Season 9 • Episode 222
LatestIncantesimo is a long-running drama series on Italian television, broadcast on the RAI network. It is set in a hospital called Clinica Life in Turin, Italy, and revolves around the life of the doctors and nurses in the hospital. According to the official website, it is "interested in social themes, the incoherence of daily life, solidarity, love and passion, not forgetting moments of comedy". Incantesimo was first broadcast in March 1997, is now in its 10th series and has broadcast 400 episodes. Incantesimo is also being broadcast on the Chinese CCTV 8 network, dubbed into Mandarin. Many notable Italian actors and actresses have starred in the series including, Orso Maria Guerrini, Delia Boccardo, Kaspar Capparoni, Paolo Malco, Guido Furlani, Alessio Boni, Vanessa Gravina, Paola Pitagora, Alessandra Acciai and Barbara Livi. The series was especially popular in Bulgaria, where it was aired on BNT 1 and Nova Television. In Armenia it was aired on ArmeniaTV and TV5 in Russian, as well as on Shant TV in Armenian.
Acting
Orso Maria Guerrini and rotating cast of Italian heavyweights.
Production
Turin's Clinica Life became weirdly iconic across Eastern Europe.
Writing
Somehow balanced social issues with pure melodrama for 10 seasons.
Creator
Maria Venturi
Alessio Di Clemente
Alberto Curti
Massimo Bulla
Davide Curti
Delia Boccardo
Tilly Nardi
Rodolfo Baldini
Cesare Gomez
Antonio Tallura
Nicola Freddi
Patrizia La Fonte
Olga
Giorgia Bongianni
Elena Curti
Carlotta Miti
Sara Segre
Paola Pitagora
Giovanna Medici
Giuseppe Pambieri
Diego Olivares
Francesco Prando
Comm. Angio
Maura Leone
Daniela Ferri
Corinne Cléry
Viola Dessi
Ivo Garrani
Umberto Curti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bulgaria's inexplicable obsession made this a genuine cross-cultural phenomenon—BNT 1 aired it twice daily at peak popularity.
Creator Maria Venturi originally conceived it as a limited series; its 1997 debut became Italy's longest-running primetime drama.
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