There are parallels between this series, the 2015 film with the same name and one of the most acclaimed Italian TV series, La Piovra (Octopus, reference to the Mafia) which ran from the 1980s to 2000s. The director of Episode 1 and 2 of this series is the main actor in La Piovra (first 4 seasons) Michele Placido. The screenplay of 2015 movie Suburra was co-written by Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli, who have written screeplays for a few seasons of La Piovra.
First Italian-language Netflix Original Series.