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‘Portobello’ Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Terrific True Crime Saga Is A Timely Study Of A Notorious Italian Miscarriage Of Justice
In a week that saw the Berlin Film Festival and then the Baftas make headlines with stories that evolved by the day if not the hour, probably few in the media had the time or the energy to dive into Marco Bellocchio’s six-part miniseries Portobello, which made its streaming debut last weekend. Such bad timing […]
[Fabrizio Gifuni in 'Portobello']
Fabrizio Gifuni in 'Portobello'
Anna Camerlingo/HBO Max
In a week that saw the Berlin Film Festival and then the Baftas make headlines with stories that evolved by the day if not the hour, probably few in the media had the time or the energy to dive into Marco Bellocchio’s six-part miniseries Portobello, which made its streaming debut last weekend. Such bad timing could have been fatal for a theatrical release, but thankfully Bellocchio’s terrific crime drama is still available worldwide via HBO Max. It takes its time, features very specific — and very local — cultural references, but it pulls together for a breathtaking final episode that wraps up all the loose ends of what appears to be a highly complicated plot but actually isn’t. It’s all quite devastatingly simple.
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