Tutto chiede salvezza, a 7-episode dramedy series directed by Francesco Bruni, which explores the younger generations’ mal de vivre and is loosely based on Daniele Mencarelli’s novel of the same name - awarded the 2020 Young Strega Prize - will be available on Netflix from October, in all countries where the streamer enjoys a presence (the first official teaser for the series can be found here).

Written by Bruni himself (whose previous directorial efforts include Easy! [+lire aussi :
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Starring alongside Cesari, we’ll find Andrea Pennacchi, Vincenzo Crea, Lorenzo Renzi, Vincenzo Nemolato and Alessandro Pacioni as Daniele’s unlikely roommates in the psychiatric facility. Ricky Memphis, Bianca Nappi and Flaure B.B. Kabore play seemingly cynical and disinterested nurses, Filippo Nigro and Raffaella Lebboroni are doctors within the establishment who attempt to rummage through his mind, Lorenza Indovina, Michele La Ginestra and Arianna Mattioli are Daniele’s mother, father and sister, while Fotinì Peluso plays an acquaintance from high school who also happens to be on the ward and whose mother is played by Carolina Crescentini. 

Tutto chiede salvezza is produced by Picomedia.