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A 19th-century Sicilian aristocratic family gets caught up in the changing sociopolitical times. Based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

Follow brothers Paolo and Ignazio, two small spice merchants who have escaped from a Calabria stuck in the past and in search of social redemption. In Sicily they invent a future, turning a small, run-down shop into a flourish business activity that young Vincenzo, with his revolutionary ideas, will transform into an economic empire.

A 13-year-old Sicilian girl who must contend with a viral contagion that has killed off all adults on the island.

Amanda and Alan: The Italian Job will follow the duo as they join the ranks of the 'One Euro' home buyers, purchasing their own slice of heaven at a bargain price in a little town nestled in the sun-kissed hills of rural Sicily. Armed with a shared passion for travel and interior design they will spend the summer immersing themselves in the Sicilian way of life, as they transform their depilated house into a luxury holiday home.

With Christmas around the corner, two blundering Sicilian friends working in Milan discover a dumpster that transports them to their families in seconds.

Born on the 1st of January 1900 in a poor family in rural Sicily, Modesta pursues happiness since her childhood without falling victim to the constraints of society. After a tragic event that takes her away from her family, Modesta is welcomed into a monastery, where she becomes the Mother Superior's protégé thanks to her intelligence and stubbornness. Later, she arrives at the villa belonging to the Princess of Brandiforti, where she makes herself indispensable. This relentless process of emancipation goes along with a journey of personal growth and sexual awakening, which lead her to discover and claim the right to pleasure and happiness.

Corleone follows the long and bloody ascent of Salvatore "Toto" Riina in the Mafia, starting with his childhood in Corleone, to the violent war that he led in the '80s and '90s against both rival gangs and law enforcement.

The story of Saverio Barone, a young prosecutor who in the early nineties became the protagonist of the "caccia alla Mafia" (Mafia-hunt) immediately following the Capaci and Via D'Amelio bombings. Inspired by the true story of the anti-Mafia magistrate Alfonso Sabella.

Sicily boasts a bold "Anti-Mafia" coalition. But what happens when those trying to bring down organized crime are accused of being criminals themselves?

Saverio Lamanna has lost his job. He leaves Rome to take refuge in Màkari, a small Sicilian village where a new life begins for him, spiced up by a historic friendship, a new love and many mysteries.

In Sicily during the seventies the police chief Maltese finds himself entangled in an investigation that will uncover the widespread influence of Mafia in the area and expose the archaic roots which nurtured it.

The story - Two women and the relationship that binds them: vice chief of police Claudia Mares and young Rosy Abate, member of one of the oldest criminal clans. The first is called to join a special antimafia corps headed by Stefano Lauria. The second, after a long stay in the USA, returns to Palermo for her wedding.

In the early 1920s, a husband and wife farm lands in Sicily belonging to the unscrupulous Spanò. After a series of misfortunes, Carmela resolves to leave Italy for an uncertain but hopeful future in New York.

Sicilia, 50's. With the death of her father Rocco, Ersilia Fortebracci, wife of Pasquale, can finally realize her dream. She leaves the southern farming and moves to the north, land of progress, opportunities and social redemption. So, armed with high hopes and a small capital, Fortebracci arrives in Turin. A Productive and modern city, ideal for ensuring their two sons, Tonio and Santi, a future of prosperity. Not everything, however, goes as planned by Ersilia...

Strictly stars Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice head to Sicily, the island where Giovanni was born. Across three episodes, they tour the island, ending up in Palermo.

First broadcast in Italy in 1984, The Octopus (La Piovra) is an international blockbuster, running 18 years and producing nine follow-up series. The title of this classic Mafia thriller says it all, evoking the image of a secret criminal culture extending its tentacles into every layer of society.

The deputy commissioner Vanina Guarrasi, after a brilliant career in the anti-mafia, left Palermo in an attempt to escape the past and the bond with the two men she loved most: her policeman father and her ex-boyfriend Paolo Malfitano, a magistrate operating in the anti-mafia. The crazy fear of reliving certain traumas has taken over: and so here is Vanina in Catania, in the new role in the Homicide Section, supported by the esteem of a new team of policemen. And by the affection of her friends.

Ciao, Italia! Lorraine Bracco, the Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress from Goodfellas and The Sopranos, will take a break from Hollywood for her next gig on the island of Sicily-renovating a 200-year-old home she purchased for only one euro. The new HGTV series will follow Lorraine's journey to renovate the 1,075-square-foot property in the tiny hilltop town of Sambuca di Sicilia with help from an architect, contractor and other local experts. The Sambuca one-euro program was created by the mayor to help sell the town's vacant homes quickly and inexpensively. The goal is to encourage families to return to the rural oasis, but the catch is that the homes must be completed within three years of purchase.  While it was a bargain at its one-euro price point, the centuries-old home has no electricity, running water, kitchen or bathrooms and needs to be gutted due to it's deteriorating floors, crumbling walls and dilapidated roof. The whole-home renovation will be a massive project filled with unexpected challenges, tough decisions, disappointments, valuable learnings and triumphant reveals. With her contractor Piero, translator Cynthia, several American friends and a welcoming town on her side, the impossible will become a breathtaking reality when together they complete a gorgeous Italian retreat where Lorraine can spend time with her family.