Sara: Woman in the Shadows

Sara: Woman in the Shadows
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Donatella Diamanti Mario Cristiani Giovanni Galassi
Directed by	Carmine Elia  [ it ]
Starring	Teresa Saponangelo Claudia Gerini
Composer	Ralf Hildenbeutel
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producers	Carlo Degli Esposti Nicola Serra
Cinematography	Marco Cuzzupoli
Production company	Palomar
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	3 June 2025 (2025-06-03)

Sara: Woman in the Shadows (Italian : Sara - La donna nell'ombra) is an Italian crime drama television series starring Teresa Saponangelo in the title role.

Cast

• Teresa Saponangelo as Sara Morozzi

• Angela Fontana as young Sara

• Claudia Gerini as Teresa

• Elena Giovanardi as young Teresa

• Flavio Furno as Davide Pardo
• Chiara Celotto as Viola
• Carmine Recano as Massimiliano
• Antonio Gerardi as Tarallo
• Maria Pia Gambardella as Annamaria
• Pia Lanciotti as Rosaria
• Erasmo Genzini as Sergio Minucci
• Peppino Mazzotta as Enrico Vigilante
• Ernesto Mahieux as Sergio's kidnapper
• Fabio De Caro as Sergio's kidnapper
• Francesco Acquaroli as Catapano
• Ivan Castiglione as Ludovico Terzani
• Gabriele Guerra as Di Blasio
• Clotilde Sabatino as Marta
• Giacomo Giorgio as Attilio Musella
• Massimo Popolizio as Corrado Lembo
• Giuseppe De Rosa as Anzovino
• Nello Mascia as the professor

Production

The series was produced by Palomar. ^[1] It is based on the Maurizio De Giovanni's crime novel series Le indagini di Sara ('The Investigations of Sara'). ^{[2] [3]}

Release

The series was internationally released on Netflix on 3 June 2025. ^{[4] [5]}

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 80% of 5 critics' reviews are positive. ^[6] Decider's critic John Serba praised the character dynamics of the series and noted "If we're lucky, there'll be a few let's see her lip-read her way out of THIS one moments to enliven the series; if not, it might still be pretty good anyway". ^[7]

References

1. Di Nino, Valentina (4 June 2025). "Sara, la donna nell'ombra: com'è la nuova serie italiana di Netflix". Gente (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2026.
2. Whittle, Nathalie (2 June 2025). ""Not your typical spy drama": Sara - Woman in the Shadows is Netflix's "gut-wrenching" series you won't forget". Good Housekeeping . Retrieved 3 January 2026.
3. Blackburn, Alix (3 June 2025). "Netflix's new crime thriller show sounds like a compelling binge-watch — and you can stream it now". Tom's Guide . Retrieved 3 January 2026.
4. Stolworthy, Jacob (11 June 2025). "The critical reason why June 2025 marks end of an era for Netflix". The Independent . Retrieved 3 January 2026.
5. Lewis, George (5 June 2025). "Netflix's new "sinister" Italian crime drama tops trending chart". Digital Spy . Retrieved 3 January 2026.
6. "Season 1 – Sara - Woman in the Shadows". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 2 January 2026.
7. Serba, John (11 June 2025). "'Sara – Woman in the Shadows' Netflix Review: Stream It Or Skip It?". Decider . Retrieved 3 January 2026.

External links

• Sara: Woman in the Shadows at IMDb