Elisa di Rivombrosa

WATCH THIS if you wanna see the worst in Italian television. Bad acting, nonsense plot, please-help-me-suicide music, and probably the fluffier teleplays of all time. If you watch the first episode with friends, then you can start playing the funny game of guessing what will happen next. Whatever you imagine, it will be more interesting, intelligent and witty than the episodes' plots. More than twenty years ago, I used to watch Mexican soap operas with my mum (I was a kid, and that gave me some problems I am still trying to solve today). Rivombrosa resembles those Veronica Castro performances that ruined my psyche forever. More than twenty years, and not a single sign of evolution in Italian television. We have absorbed the worst from every import serial we've been broadcasting through the years. All right, I know that Italy lacks a J.J. Abrams and that shows like "Lost", "X-files", "Miami Vice" or whatever you love most are probably things we will see once in our lifetime BUT this does not allow untalented people like Cinzia Th Torrini (what does that look-how-noble-I-am-I-have-a-double-surname TH stand for?) to direct an idiocy like this.

It is the best soap opera I have ever seen! There is a good plot with good looking and talented actors. You can't guess what is about to happen in the next sequence, which is a very admirable thing in todays programs. The characters have believable natures and you can almost believe that that kind of persons could really exist. The biggest character in this series is the Italian culture and nature, which means a lot at least to me not being an Italian myself. Their language is colorful and very passionate, but they don't mumble and bubble like Spanish people. What can I say, I'm hooked and I think I'm not the only one...

Its basic virtue is to remind. fairy tales, pink novels, Alexandre Dumas - father novels. and, for this motifs, it deserves high respect. because it is an old fashion story , with nice details, from costumes to the fight for love and the classic story with the poor girl, the rich man and the perfect antagonist. so, a good alternative for soap operas. a reasonable one because it gives the first flavours and the memories near it.

'Elisa di Rivombrosa' has given me the opportunity to see a nice story, similar to a fairy-tale. The plot may not be very complex and the meanings not very deep, but its purpose isn't to make you wonder what life is about and whether aliens do or do not exist. It's a story about love, fighting for an ideal, honor and dignity. The atmosphere that is created by costumes, locations and characters transfered me to my childhood when I was terribly fond of fairy tales.The costumes are really great and the actors are pretty handsome / beautiful. Though it's kind of predictable, the story of Elisa Scalzi (Vittoria Puccini) and the duke Fabrizio Ristori (Alessandro Preziosi) is an interesting one, raising above common Sud-American novels through the performance of the artists, the music and the great great costumes used for the series. So, if you are into fairy-tale-like kind of stories and love the Italian culture and history (and, of course, the magnificent Italian language), you shouldn't miss Elisa di Rivombrosa.

Absolutely wonderful TV show. All the characters are interesting and the whole cast is very talented. Awesome performances in every scene. Love Fabrizio and Elisa. Alessandro and Vittoria are outstanding couple and steal the show.

First season is the best, so many things happens. Everyone should see this TV show. A mix between "Romeo and Juliet", "The Three Mosketeers" and "Pride and Prejudice".

The locations and clothing is perfectly chosen for the show. Jane Alexander plays a terrific role. Very good actress.

Congratulations Italy for such an amazing TV series!