Inspector Montalbano

Commissario Salvo Montalbano (Luca Zingaretti) indulges in his own unique investigative methods in the Sicilian coastal town of Vigàta. While he is more than skeptical of all his superiors, the powerful, and the influential, the solitary commissario loves his house by the sea, Italian food, and his long-time fiancée Livia (Katharina Böhm) from Genoa, with whom he has a more or less successful long-distance relationship. "Given the great success of the novel series, it wasn't long before Commissario Montalbano was adapted for the screen. Starting with the adaptation of the first Montalbano novel, ‘The Shape of Water’ (‘La forma dell'acqua’), which was first broadcast in Germany on ZDF, the TV series of the same name also became extremely popular in this country among fans of intelligent and successful crime film adaptations. [...] The picturesque towns and beautiful landscapes of the largest island in the Mediterranean play an important role in the Commissario Montalbano films. The film sets are often impressively beautiful and mostly deserted. [...] The picturesque regions of Sicily were portrayed so impressively that countless viewers packed their bags to enjoy the country and its people under the Sicilian sun, including on guided Montalbano location tours." (crimify.de) The series “Der junge Montalbano” (The Young Montalbano) is a prequel that tells the story of the famous investigator's early years and can also be found on filmfriend. A well-known politician and businessman is found dead, half-naked, inside his car in a suburb where prostitution and drugs are rife. Everything points to the fact that he died of a heart attack after having intimate relations with an unknown person. However, Inspector Montalbano is not convinced, and armed with his natural instinct for strange behavior, he sets out to discover the sexual and political plot behind the alleged crime.