103 minSeason 8 • Episode 4
LatestColiandro, together with Jamila, a brilliant young French intelligence agent, investigates Tarantola, a seemingly perfect policeman who, through the fixer "Don Lurio", is the terminal of a gang of corrupt agents.
Coliandro is an inspector serving at the Bologna police headquarters who constantly finds himself embroiled, against his will, in matters bigger than himself. But Coliandro never backs down, even though his carelessness and investigative incompetence inevitably land him in trouble.
Acting
Morelli's physical comedy turns ineptitude into pure art form.
Direction
Lucarelli's crime novelist eye grounds absurdity in authentic Bologna.
Writing
Dialogue that mocks police procedurals while secretly loving them.
Creator
Carlo Lucarelli
Giampaolo Morelli
Ispettore Coliandro
Veronica Logan
Sostituto Procuratore Longhi
Alessandro Rossi
Commissario De Zan
Paolo Sassanelli
Ispettore Capo Gamberini
Massimiliano Bruno
Ispettore Borromini
Caterina Silva
Ispettore Bertaccini
Benedetta Cimatti
Sovrintendente Buffarini
Luisella Notari
Vicedirigente Paffoni
Francesco Zenzola
Agente Lorusso
Mahmood Muhammad Tahir
Hamid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created by noir novelist Carlo Lucarelli, it parodies the very police procedurals he helped establish in Italian television.
Giampaolo Morelli based Coliandro's physicality on silent film stars, explaining the exaggerated falls and double-takes.
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