The King: 2

TV Series
Directed by Director's notes
  • Giuseppe Gagliardi
Year
  • 2024
Directed by
  • Giuseppe Gagliardi
Year
  • 2024
Cast
  • Luca Zingaretti
  • Bruno Testori
  • Isabella Ragonese
  • Anna Bonaiuto
  • Barbora Bobulova
 
  • Fabrizio Ferracane
  • Thomas Trabacchi
  • Caterina Shulha
  • Stefano Dionisi 
  • Alessandro Gazale
Synopsis

Bruno Testori is now an inmate in his own prison, when Gregorio Verna, head of the secret services, drops the charges against him and reinstates him as director. In exchange, he must get an inmate to talk: magistrate Vittorio Mancuso, accused of the murder of an employee of Slimpetroil Spa, a renowned national energy company. Bruno needs to uncover why Mancuso committed the crime before the man testifies before an investigating judge. When Bruno begins to suspect Mancuso’s innocence and fears that the services are using him, he decides to get to the bottom of it. This will be the beginning of a battle for truth, where the price to pay will prove to be very high.

Director's notes
  • The king is trapped. The narrative resumes from where it left off in the first season: Bruno has ended up on the wrong side of the bars. Forced, at first, to survive in the hell he himself created, he risks being attacked by his enemies at any moment. The visuals become more claustrophobic to represent the threat looming over the protagonist. The walls of San Michele grow ever tighter for Bruno, a place that in the series is never just a backdrop, but a true supporting structure of the plot, as it influences the lives of the characters. And so does the narrative style. The camera serves Bruno's vulnerabilities, investigating the inner tangle of the human being, even before the character. His conduct has generated the guilt that leads to even more serious consequences. When he thinks he has escaped punishment, he ends up in an even more insidious trap; he must confront a greater power that takes control of his actions. And he becomes a deposed king. In exchange for freedom, he loses his absolute power, and once again the kingdom crumbles beneath his feet. The challenge becomes more difficult and the plot more complex.
Produced by
  • Sky Studios
  • Lorenzo Mieli
  • The Apartment
  • Wildside
In collaboration with
  • Zocotoco
Director's notes
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The king is trapped. The narrative resumes from where it left off in the first season: Bruno has ended up on the wrong side of the bars. Forced, at first, to survive in the hell he himself created, he risks being attacked by his enemies at any moment. The visuals become more claustrophobic to represent the threat looming over the protagonist. The walls of San Michele grow ever tighter for Bruno, a place that in the series is never just a backdrop, but a true supporting structure of the plot, as it influences the lives of the characters. And so does the narrative style. The camera serves Bruno's vulnerabilities, investigating the inner tangle of the human being, even before the character. His conduct has generated the guilt that leads to even more serious consequences. When he thinks he has escaped punishment, he ends up in an even more insidious trap; he must confront a greater power that takes control of his actions. And he becomes a deposed king. In exchange for freedom, he loses his absolute power, and once again the kingdom crumbles beneath his feet. The challenge becomes more difficult and the plot more complex.