Year | 2015 |
Episodes | 24 |
Channel | RAI UNO |
È arrivata la felicità is a series on Rai Uno (main Italian state TV) about love and family in all its shapes and forms told from an hilarious and contemporary angle. Written by Ivan Cotroneo, Monica Rametta and Stefano Bises and co-directed by Riccardo Milani and Francesco Vicario this series features two very different characters: Angelica (played by Claudia Pandolfi) and Orlando (Claudio Santamaria). They both live in Rome but come from totally different backgrounds: Orlando is an architect, son of sophisticated, left-wing intellectuals, who do volunteer work; Angelica manages a bookshop in the Testaccio neighbourhood, where her parents – slightly close-minded – also manage a legendary neighbourhood bar. When the two meet Angelica, widowed for a few years with two adolescent twin daughters Laura and Bea, is about to marry a sort of Prince Charming, Vittorio. Orlando however, is a very confused full-time father since his wife ran off with her German lover, leaving him to juggle house, job and his two sons: fifteen year old Umberto and Pigi, a mini-philosopher still in primary school.
What will their meeting spark off?
This meeting will spark off a cycle of love, illusions, surprises and dynamics fated to also involve Orlando’s brother, Pietro (Alessandro Roja) and the dynamic secretary working in the Architect’s practice – once an expert beautician – Nunzia Esposito (Simona Tabasco); the sweet and complicated Valeria (Giulia Bevilacqua) and Rita (Federica De Cola) – Angelica’s sister and partner, also wrestling with the pregnancy and future life of their first born; Orlando’s parents (Edwige Fenech and Massimo Wertmuller), too busy saving the poor, various outcasts and the Amazon Jungle to be of any real support to their sons; Angelica’s parents (Lunetta Savino and Ninetto Davoli) who have not yet come to terms with their daughter’s, Valeria, sexual identity; and lastly the children themselves, struggling with their growing pains and discovering their own parents’ weaknesses.
Will Angelica and Orlando ever be happy? This story shows the emotions and excitement of relationships between these characters È arrivata la felicità consequently reflects contemporary society in a modern, ironic and dynamic way without however giving up the universal and fairytale quality.
The first season was aired from September to December 2015, in 12 primetime evening episodes and was successful with both viewers and critics.
CAST ARTISTICO
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Claudio Santamaria | Orlando Mieli |
Claudia Pandolfi | Angelica Camilli |
Alessandro Roja | Pietro Mieli |
Giulia Bevilacqua | Valeria Camilli |
Edwige Fenech | Anna Mieli |
Massimo Wertmuller | Guido Mieli |
Ninetto Davoli | Giuseppe Camilli |
Lunetta Savino | Giovanna Camilli |
Caterina Murino | Claudia Lo Russo |
Ettore Bassi | Gianluca Tornante |
Myriam Catania | Cristiana De Bardi |
Simona Tabasco | Nunzia Esposito |
Federica De Cola | Rita Nardelli |
Paolo Mazzarelli | Vittorio Raimondi |
Tzta’ Abraham | Francesca Scuccimarra |
Giorgia Berti | Beatrice Tornante |
Greta Berti | Laura Tornante |
Andrea Lintozzi Senneca | Umberto Mieli |
Francesco Mura | Pigi Mieli |
CAST TECNICO
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Regia I Unità /1-4
Regia I Unità /5-12 |
Riccardo Milani
Francesco Vicario |
Regia II unità | Matteo Mandelli |
Una serie ideata da | Ivan Cotroneo |
Soggetto di serie | Ivan Cotroneo Stefano Bises Monica Rametta |
Sceneggiatori | Ivan Cotroneo Stefano Bises Monica Rametta |
Direttori della fotografia | Saverio Guarna (puntate 1-4) Roberto Benvenuti (puntate 5-12) |
Direttori di produzione Publispei | Francesco Liberati Francesco Merolle |
Direttore di produzione Rai | Giorgio Scifoni |
Scenografia | Maurizio Leonardi |
Costumi | Alberto Moretti |
Aiuto regia I Unità Aiuto regia II Unità |
Ciro Visco (puntate 1-4) Nicola Gidoni (puntate 5-12) |
Fotografo di scena | Rosa Mariniello Pierfrancesco Bruni |
Montaggio | Patrizia Cesarani Francesco Renda A.M.C. |
Musiche originali di | Piernicola Di Muro |
Edizioni musicali | Bixio C.E.M.S.A Rai Com |
Casting | Teresa Razzauti |
Organizzatore generale | Marina de Tiberiis |
Responsabile Editoriale | Benedetta Fabbri |
Produttori Rai | Leonardo Ferrara |
Prodotto da | Verdiana Bixio |
Year | 2018 |
Episodes | 24 |
Channel | RAI UNO |
Orlando and Angelica.
Destiny allowed them to meet and then fall in love.
But now, after nearly two years, are they still sure they have made the right decision?
They live all together under the same roof with Umberto and Pigi – Orlando’s son – Laura and Bea – Angelica’s twins – and their newborn Andrea.
Everything becomes an opportunity to pick a fight, from an unpaid bill to the cluttered living room..
Is it worth getting sad and angry about those silly things?
They’ll be forced to ask themselves this very important question when Angelica finds out she has Hodgkin lymphoma and will have to find the strength to never give up.
When Orlando and Angelica rediscover the love they used to have for each other, their energy and similarities will push Pietro, Orlando’s brother, to make a huge decision and buy the home of his dreams where, he already pictures himself living with Nunzia.
While Nunzia and Pietro dream of a future together, Rita and Valeria, Angelica’s two sisters are coping with their marital life and the birth of a new baby. The two will be confronted by a not so distant past which bears the name of Luca.
Luca will cause Francesca to doubt her decision of chastity that she took after being disappointment by men once again.
Who is suffering more from Angelica’s illness is definetely Giovanna, her mother, tired of everything and everyone, determined to reconsider her priorities in life, from her religious beliefs to her marriage to Giuseppe. The journey of self.discoveriy will be ancouraged by the encounter with Antongiulio, a very charming man who will make Giovanna feel alive again.
Guido, Orlando and Pietro’s father , is searching for a reason to smile again, after his wife left him. With the opening of “Antigua Roma”, a new typical Roman trattoria, he seems to find his lost joy when he finally meet Sabaudia.
Meanwhile Umberto and Laura, the teenagers, will be the ones to be close to Angelica and Orlando, although they break up. They will enjoy their newfound freedom of searching for new friend and perhaps new loves, so typical of adolescence
Bea, the “evil” twin”, is the one who is affected by her mother’s illness harder than anyone else and while she will find it difficult to accept, she will come out of the other side more mature and understanding..
Finally Pigi, the youngest but wisest of the family, who always gave relationship advice to the grown-ups, this year will experience himself what it mean to fall in love with someone.
CAST ARTISTICO
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Claudio Santamaria | Orlando Mieli |
Claudia Pandolfi | Angelica Camilli |
Alessandro Roja | Pietro Mieli |
Giulia Bevilacqua | Valeria Camilli |
Federica De Cola | Rita Nardelli |
Lunetta Savino | Giovanna Camilli |
Simona Tabasco | Nunzia Esposito |
Greta Berti | Laura Tornante |
Giorgia Berti | Beatrice Tornante |
Andrea Lintozzi Senneca | Umberto Mieli |
Francesco Mura | Pigi Mieli |
Tezetà Abraham | Francesca Scuccimarra |
Primo Reggiani | Luca Paternobis |
Massimo Wertmuller | Guido Mieli |
Lorenza Indovina | Sabaudia |
Ninetto Davoli | Giuseppe Camilli |
Tullio Solenghi | Antongiulio Martelli |
CAST TECNICO
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Regia | Francesco Vicario |
Una serie ideata da | Ivan Cotroneo |
Soggetto di serie | Stefano Bises
Ivan Cotroneo |
Head writer | Ivan Cotroneo |
Sceneggiature di | Ivan Cotroneo Monica RamettaGiulia GianniCamilla Paternò |
Scenografia | Maurizio Leonardi |
Costumi | Alberto Moretti |
Direttori della fotografia | Smarco Carosi Enzo Napoletano |
Regia II unità | Matteo Mandelli |
Casting | Teresa Razzauti |
Fotografo di scena | Azzurra Primavera |
Montaggio | Gino Bartolini
Tiziana Bartolini |
Musiche originali di | Piernicola Di Muro |
Edizioni musicali | Bixio C.E.M.S.A Rai Com |
Coord. organizzativo CPTV Rai di Roma | Stefano Insabato |
Produttore esecutivo | Marina de Tiberiis |
Responsabile Editoriale | Federica Felice |
Produttori Rai | Leonardo Ferrara
Emanuele Cotumaccio |
Prodotto da | Verdiana Bixio |