The Bad Guy (TV series)

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The Bad Guy
The Bad Guy Serie.jpg
Genre
Written by
  • Ludovica Rampoldi
  • Davide Serino
  • Giuseppe G. Stasi
Directed by
  • Giancarlo Fontana
  • Giuseppe G. Stasi
Starring
Country of originItaly
Original languageItalian
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco
  • Andrea Passalacqua
CinematographyGian Enrico Bianchi
Production companies Indigo Film
Amazon MGM Studios
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video
Release8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) 
present

The Bad Guy is a 2022 Italian crime drama television series directed by Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi. It was internationally released on Amazon Prime Video on 8 December 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

Nino Scotellaro is a Sicilian magistrate who spent his career targeting and prosecuting Cosa Nostra affiliates. When he is accused of having Mafia ties and imprisoned, he sets out on a plan of revenge.

Cast

Main

  • Luigi Lo Cascio as Nino Scotellaro
  • Claudia Pandolfi as Luvi Bray
  • Vincenzo Pirrotta as Salvatore Tracina
  • Selene Caramazza as Leonarda Scotellaro
  • Giulia Maenza as Teresa Suro
  • Antonio Catania as Mariano Suro
  • Fabrizio Ferracane as Cataldo Silvio Maria Palamita
  • Ivano Calafato as Vincenzuccio Tracina
  • Alessandro Lui as Matteo Boccanera
  • Antonio Zavatteri as Gianfranco Costardello
  • Francesco Zenzola as Nicola Pizzilli
  • Enrico Lo Verso as Ernesto Lanzardo
  • Vittorio Magazzù as Domenico Cuore
  • Souleymane Seye Ndiaye as Mario
  • Ivan Giambirtone as Emanuele Grongo
  • Mimmo Mignemi as Giuseppe Perchia "U' Seccu"
  • Guia Jelo as Giusy Corifena
  • Bebo Storti as Francesco Maria Mormora

Recurring

  • Vincenzo Alfieri as Mirko Carlini
  • Anastasia Doaga as Katerina
  • Barbara Tabita as Priscilla Suro
  • Claudio Ciria as Francesco Zerro
  • Alessio Ciria as Manfredi Zerro
  • Luis Pan Venezia as Dwayne LeBlanc
  • Paolo Macedonio as Biagio Sigano "Gaza"
  • Federico Parlanti as Sigano's waiter
  • Andrea Trovato as Luigi
  • Dario Battaglia as Arturo
  • Gabriele Cicirello as Amleto
  • Nicoletta Carbonara as Nicola's wife
  • Aurora Quattrocchi as Natalia
  • Alfio Sorbello as Santino Cavalcanti
  • Marco Ripoldi as Ercole Pagro
  • Désirée Giorgetti as Ercole Pagro's wife
  • Emma Trovarelli as Sofia Pagro
  • Mario Pupella as Onofrio Dragonetto, capomandamento of Ciaculli
  • Toni Pandolfo as Egidio Sciarrano, capomandamento of Cinisi
  • Natale Russo as Lillo Donzella, capomandamento of Bocca di Falco
  • Vincenzo Failla as the capodecina of Cinisi
  • Alfredo Li Bassi as the capodecina of Calatafimi
  • Giuseppe Lo Piccolo as the capodecina of Bocca di Falco
  • Dario Tindaro Veca as the capodecina of Passo di Rigano
  • Simone Bonelli as Mimì Starnace
  • Marco Marelli as Paolo Bray's actor
  • Antonella Liuzzi as Luvi Bray's actress
  • Romina Caruana as Giusy Corifena's actress
  • Renato Zappalà as Mr. Casà, Bray and Boccanera's client

Guests

Episodes

No. in
season
TitleDurationOriginal air date
1"The good magistrate"
"Il magistrato buono"
55 min8 December 2022 (2022-12-08)
2"Moles"
"Talpe"
57 min8 December 2022 (2022-12-08)
3"Tu quoque…"50 min8 December 2022 (2022-12-08)
4"Nature can't be stopped"
"La natura non si ferma"
56 min15 December 2022 (2022-12-15)
5"I saw a light"
"Vitti 'a luce"
47 min15 December 2022 (2022-12-15)
6"At which moment in time"
"/al·lor·quàn·do/"
50 min15 December 2022 (2022-12-15)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef.
2023Ciak d'Oro Serie TVBest Italian SeriesThe Bad GuyNominated [3]
Most Innovative SeriesWon
Nastri d'Argento Grandi SerieBest SeriesThe Bad GuyNominated [4] [5]
Best Actor Luigi Lo Cascio Nominated
Best Actress Claudia Pandolfi Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Selene Caramazza Nominated

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References

  1. "The Bad Guy, il cast della serie tv da Luigi Lo Cascio a Claudia Pandolfi". Sky TG24 . 9 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. Di Caro, Mario (14 December 2022). "'The Bad Guy', la mafia possibile della serie Amazon". la Repubblica . Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. TG24, Sky (7 April 2023). "Ciak d'Oro Serie tv, tutti i vincitori dell'edizione 2023". Sky TG24 (in Italian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Leombruni, Lucrezia (12 May 2023). "Nastri d'Argento, Mare Fuori è la serie dell'anno". Agenzia Dire (in Italian).
  5. Naselli, Antonio (17 June 2023). "NASTRI d'ARGENTO GRANDI SERIE 2023_NASTRI SPECIALI e STASERA LA PREMIAZIONE". Nastri d'Argento (in Italian).