Sicily Express

Sicily Express
Sicilia Express
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Ficarra e Picone
Written by	Ficarra e Picone Fabrizio Cestaro Nicola Guaglianone Fabrizio Testini
Directed by	Ficarra e Picone
Starring	Salvatore Ficarra Valentino Picone Katia Follesa Barbara Tabita Max Tortora
Composers	Paolo Buonvino Vittorio Giannelli
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producers	Attilio De Razza Nicola Picone
Production company	Tramp Limited
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	5 December 2025 (2025-12-05)

Sicily Express is an Italian television miniseries created by Ficarra e Picone. It was internationally released on Netflix on 5 December 2025. ^[1]

The series, produced by Tramp Limited, combines fantasy elements with a Christmas setting, offering an ironic and critical look at Southern Italian society. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Plot

Salvo and Valentino are two Sicilian nurses working in a Milan clinic, commuting between Sicily and Milan on low-cost flights. Their medical director, a Calabrian who pretends to be Milanese, constantly hinders their attempts to return home. One night, thanks to a wish made by Valentino's daughter, they discover a magical dumpster that teleports them from Piazza del Duomo in Milan to their hometown in Sicily, and back again.

Cast

Main

• Salvatore Ficarra as Salvo
• Valentino Picone as Valentino
• Katia Follesa as Claudia
• Barbara Tabita as Maria Teresa
• Max Tortora as the prime minister of Italy

Recurring

• Sergio Vastano as Sergio Perrone, the medical director
• Enrico Bertolino as Enrico, the Milanese doctor
• Adelaide Massari as Aurora, Valentino's daughter
• Angelo Tosto as Mr. Giacalone, a Sicilian patient in Milan
• Giorgio Tirabassi as Alfredo, a police detective
• Angelo Pisani as Andrea, a Milanese nurse
• Alessia Spinelli as Luisa, a Milanese nurse
• Alessandro Idonea as Giulio Giacalone, a police officer and Giacalone's son
• Gianni Federico as Ferdinando, a Sicilian man working in Milan
• Giovanna Criscuolo as Giovanna, a Sicilian woman working in Milan
• Vincenzo Ficarra as Mario, a Sicilian boy working in Milan
• Miriam Galanti as Miriam, the gate attendant
• Luigi Maria Rausa as Uzeda, the prime minister's secretary
• Barbara Gallo as Amanda, Valentino's mother-in-law
• Mimmo Mignemi as Carmelo, Valentino's father-in-law
• Marco Basile as Guglielmo, Claudia's ex-boyfriend
• Anna Melato as Mrs. Elvira, the landlady
• Pino Calabrese as the Head of Forensics

Guest

• Gioele Dix as the man walking his dog in Milan
• Jerry Calà as the minister of the Interior of Italy
• Enrico Mentana as himself

References

1. Billington, Alex (14 November 2025). "Goofy Italian Comedy 'Sicily Express' Trailer - A Magical Garbage Bin". Firstshowing.
2. Gatta, Doriana (28 November 2025). "'Sicilia express': la miniserie che toglie il velo". Taxi Drivers.
3. "'Sicilia Express', cosa sappiamo sulla nuova serie di Ficarra e Picone". Sky TG24 . 4 December 2025.
4. Finos, Arianna (4 December 2025). "Ficarra e Picone: "La nostra commedia sul Sud, anche se non c'è niente da ridere"". la Repubblica .

External links

• Sicily Express at IMDb