Il processo

Never seen a twist and turn like this (in American movies) in quite sometimes.

I started watching The Trial (Il Processo) out of curiosity because I was born in Mantova, the city where the story takes place. 30 minutes into the first episode I actually started buying into the story and I binge-watched the remaining episodes in just two days. The plot is well written. There seem to be a few pitfalls here and there, a couple of episodes in the second half could have been avoided altogether, but I never lost interest in the story. I must give particular credit to either the montage or the director for a specific reason: there are moment in a few episodes where the camera lingers on some details that "give away" a clue to what is about to come. While some people may think that they worked out everything and they "saw it coming", I believe that the technique is used intentionally to give the viewer the feeling to be actively taking part in solving the case.

A very good watch. I don't know if there will be a second season, I doubt so, but if they'll make it I'll be happy to watch it.

The subtitles disappear from the screen far too quickly such that for the most part I had to watch with the remote and start and stop to get the dialogue. B U T the series would easily be nine stars in my estimation if not for the difficulty with the subtitles disappearing too fast .The acting, and production values are first rate. The story which makes the main character , Elena Guerra played by Vittoria Puccini, conflicted makes for an interesting and compelling plot. #1 I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this series AND Vittoria Puccini blew me away with her acting, I have never seen so much emotion projected without even so much as a muscle twitch on her face. One simply has to watch it to understand , what I am saying and how very powerfully she comes across on the screen. It just wouldn't matter what part she played. The ending feels like it was focus grouped but I nonetheless wish I could find other series one half as good as this one. All the characters have more than one dimension which is what is so often lacking in what is currently on offer. I wouldn't miss this one.

Yes, I loved it and I cannot wait for season 2! Lately, I have not watched many movies or TV series but this one captivated me from minute 1. It's so interesting to see how the characters evolve, how the story of the murder comes together and by chapter 8 I was blown away. I was freaking out over that ending and I sure hope there's a season 2 to answer all these questions I have (which will not be shown here since I want to keep this spoiler-less).

Ignore the bad reviews. I'm fairly certain those are from viewers who watched the dubbed version. Wonderful storytelling.