The Italian miniseries Circeo, developed by Andrea Molaioli, is available on Paramount+. He plunges us into the Italy of the 70s to put in images a news item that shook Italy. Donatella Colasanti (Ambrosia Caldarelli) and Rosaria Lopez (Adalgisa Manfrida) are two young Romans who dream of fame to escape the difficulties of their social condition. In September 1975, they met three young bourgeois with neo-fascist tendencies. Gianni Guido (Marco Tè), Angelo Izzo (Guglielmo Poggi) and Andrea Ghira (Leonardo Mazzarotto). For 36 hours, they will turn into an executioner by making the two girls live abuse and torture before abandoning them in the trunk of a car in Rome. They will be rescued by a neighbour. Then began a trial that would have a considerable impact on the class struggle and gender equality in the Italy of the years of lead. 
A story that makes sense today.
The small town of San Felice Circeo, located in the province of Latina in central Italy not far from Mount Circe in reference to the witch of Greek mythology. This small seaside town was the scene of a particularly heinous act in 1975. Against the backdrop of class struggle and patriarchal society. The series depicts the subject of violence against women. Decades-old events seem to still be relevant in the 2020s. The character who will stand up and lead the fight against the machismo of Italian society in the 70s is the lawyer Teresa Capogrossi played by the actress Greta Scarano. Her role is desired by the creator of the series as a tribute to the women who fought for justice and gender equality in these troubled times. This process often used in the fictional universe serves to avoid the multiplication of characters that would bring a narrative heaviness to the story and would have the effect of losing the viewer. This method is also used in the HBO series, Chernobyl created by Craig Mazin. The character of Ulana Khomyuk played by British actress Emily Watson paid tribute to all the scientists who fought against the disaster. 
A very rich period treated sometimes too superficially.
Although the subject of this series is most captivating and relatively well treated. There is in this news item a real critique of Italian social history. Some societal aspects are sometimes only evoked through scenes surrounded by ellipses. This choice of narration is perfectly justified since it makes it possible to encompass the entire case, from the course of events to the appeal trial in the early 80s. However, we can only regret that it is quite repetitive. Circeo covers a multitude of events too rich for a mini-series of 6 episodes. This is reflected in the narrative which becomes very choppy after the first two episodes. Sometimes it looks like a succession of paintings used to distill information to the detriment of history. Circeo remains a very good series that allows us to better understand the demands of women in a particularly macho Latin society. It will mark you in depth.
