Il giovane Montalbano
Young Montalbano

Salvo Montalbano has become one of us. We’ve been following his adventures for years, participating in his investigations as though we were part of the Vigàta police department. We think we know all about him, as if he were a member of our own family. But that’s not so. Montalbano has not always been in charge of the Vigàta police department. He hasn’t always lived in that splendid house on the Marinella seaside. He hasn’t always been Augello’s best friend. And, above all, he hasn’t always been Livia’s boyfriend. It’s rather odd to believe, since we think we know everything about him as if he were a member of the family. But, just like any member of the family, even Montalbano may have some interesting surprises in store for us.

Because the Montalbano we all know and love is just like anyone else – the result of a series of events that he experienced in the most delicate moment of his life, namely his youth. A time when you learn to be what you truly are, when you understand who you can trust or who you should have absolutely nothing to do with. A time when you learn to love and hate, when you understand people’s behaviour and (in the case of a policeman) when you begin to understand the mind of criminals.

This series, which has been set at the beginning of the Nineties, describes the way in which Montalbano’s world came into being what it is: from his first assignment up in the hills of Mascalippa and his transfer to Vigàta (where Montalbano had already lived for a while as a young boy). We will delve into the Police Commissioner’s difficult relationship with his father; we will learn about his early friendship with Augello; we will watch as he falls in love at first sight with Livia (which follows the long-distance liaison with Mery) and the blooming of their complicated relationship. In other words, we’ll understand how and why Montalbano has become this true-to-life figure that we all know and love.

But in this series Montalbano is not only a youngster who becomes a man, he’s also a Police Commissioner who immediately demonstrated his talent in solving the trickiest cases (based on the stories written by Camilleri), in which viewers will find the atmospheres and investigation procedures they are used to.

This picture of Montalbano’s world could not be lacking his trust-worthy Catarella, the kindly and uncouth police officer who always gets names wrong. His special relationship with the Police Commissioner is well-known and represents the backbone of Camilleri’s works. But why are Montalbano and Catarella so close? And why on earth does the Police Commissioner bear the switchboard-operator’s blunders with resignation? These and other questions will be answered by the six films, giving Italian viewers the chance to become “pirsonalmente di pirsona” (personally in person) acquainted with their much-loved Police Commissioner.
(© RAI Trade)

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Episode 1
The Young Montalbano
The First Case #101