Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestChiara, a successful lawyer in a studio in Rome, is forced to return to her hometown for the sudden disappearance of her sister Elena, who lives there with her three children. Subsequently a body is found in a ravine and it is hypothesized that it could be that of Elena, who died suicidal. Meanwhile, his mother Antonia, who suffers from a form of dementia, thinks her daughter is still alive.
Cinematography
Matera's ravines and caves as character, not backdrop
Acting
Anna Valle's restrained grief versus Morariu's chaotic absence
Direction
Torrini lets silence do the screaming
Creator
Cinzia TH Torrini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Matera's Sassi caves—UNESCO heritage and literal setting for ancient wounds—were used to externalize the family's buried shame.
The title's plural 'Sorelle' deceives: we never see sisters share screen time whole, only in fragments and flashbacks, because one is already gone.
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