Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestIn 1997, a group of bandits kidnaps businessman Giuseppe Soffiantini, keeping him imprisoned for 237 days in their hideout in the mountains of Sardinia.
Acting
Placido's physical deterioration is devastatingly precise
Cinematography
Sardinia's beauty weaponized against the captive
Direction
Milani refuses to glamorize the kidnapping industry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Soffiantini case polarized Italy—some Sardinians still view the kidnappers as folk heroes resisting mainland exploitation.
Milani shot in actual Barbagia locations where locals initially refused to speak to crew, mirroring the real investigation's stonewall.
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