

A blood feud born from missing parsley. The Godfather, but make it deeply Italian and deeply unhinged.
Season 1 • Episode 36
LatestThe 1993 Telenorba sit-com written and directed by Gennaro Nunziante. The Show it's a parody, in Apulian dialect sauce, of the Michele Placido starring series "La Piovra" (1984) A bloody feud features two families, the Inpetto and the Sanguellatte. At the origin of it all is a wrong suffered on a Sunday morning many years earlier. Rocco Sanguellatte's mother, intent on preparing the traditional ragout, realized she lacked parsley, essential for seasoning the braciole. She then went to ask for some from across the street, that is, Freddy Inpetto's mother, who, however, apologized, telling her that she had none in the house, dismissing her. Shortly thereafter, Rocco, having met his friend Freddy, noticed something green between his teeth, identifying it precisely as parsley, thus inferring disrespect to his mother and thus beginning the tragedy.
Acting
Emilio Solfrizzi playing basically everyone
Writing
Turning garden herbs into Casus Belli
Production
Apulian dialect as comedic weapon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
La Piovra was Italy's most serious mafia drama; this parody weaponized the exact same tropes with ragù.
Nunziante's career trajectory from this regional spoof to box-office dominance mirrors Italy's comedy evolution.