Love and crime to the rhythm of rap and reggaeton, in an unprecedented Milan in augmented reality, colorful and multicultural. Debuts May 20 on Sky Atlantic and streaming on NOW (and will always be available on demand) Block 181, the new Sky Original series, a dark underground fairytale that is also the first Italian Sky Studios in-house. A story of sentimental, family, sexual and criminal emancipation, in eight episodes set in the multi-ethnic communities of today’s Milan and directed by Giuseppe Capotondi (Suburra – The Series The double hour) with Ciro Visco (gomorrah Do not leave me Doc – In your hands) and Matteo Bonifazio.
The protagonists of the series are three young and talented actors: Laura Osma, Alessandro Piavani and Andrea Dodero. To bind their characters to an unexpected and very topical love story, in a Milan whose scorching suburbs are a land of conquest for gangs vying for power, against the backdrop of the “Bloc”, an imposing complex of buildings on the outskirts of the city . An abnormal and free bond, theirs, that will challenge the rules of bonding of the three boys and through which they will try to climb together those ranks of drug dealing they had always suffered before. They come from different realities, but they are connected by something stronger: Bea (Laura Osma) is a Hispanic girl divided between loyalty to her family, Misa, and the desire to change her life; Ludo (Alessandro Piavani) and Mahdi (Andrea Dodero) are two friends from different social backgrounds, united as brothers. Salmo is Snake, Lorenzo’s armed right arm, a dealer played by Alessandro Tedeschi, in turn a childhood friend and ally of Rizzo, the neighborhood boss played by Alessio Praticò.
Block 181 sees the debut, in an unpublished role, of the pioneer of Italian rap Salmo, who is the supervisor and music producer, creative producer and actor of the series. “Block 181 – ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK”, the collaborative album with Salmo on the artistic direction, inspired by the Sky Original series, will be released on Friday, May 27 for Sony Music on all digital platforms and in stores.
Block 181 is a Sky Studios production with TapelessFilm and Red Joint Film. Authors of the subject of the series are Paolo Vari, Francesca De Lisi, Dario Bonamin, Mirko Cetrangolo and Marco Borromei. The screenplay is by Francesca De Lisi, Dario Bonamin, Andrea Nobile with Giuseppe Capotondi, Matteo Bonifazio, Paolo Vari and Stefano Voltaggio.
The set photos of the series, which can be admired from May 16 to 29 in the heart of the city of Milan, where they will be exhibited in Corso Vittorio Emanuele in an extraordinary temporary exhibition, belong to Gabriele Micalizzi, one of the best known and most appreciated world war photojournalists, contributing to international newspapers including The New York Times, Herald Tribune, The New Yorker, Newsweek, Stern, Wall Street Journal. Gabriele Micalizzi, also an editorial consultant for the series, collaborated with the creative and editorial team at Block 181 to make available his knowledge of Latin communities, the result of the major research and study of Milanese crime he conducted over the years. years on Milan crime.
Short content:
Block 181 does not show Milan. A suburban handkerchief clinging to a beehive of abusive apartments and the everyday terrain of grim and suspicious looks. On the one hand, there are the boys from the Blok, who protect the organized cocaine trade. On the other hand, Misa’s pandilleros, tattooed, starving and ready to give their lives for their gang. Between guns and machetes, however, the love of an intimate and passionate triangle gives way. There’s Bea, a sensual and indomitable pandillera, Ludo, a fair-faced bourgeois partygoer, and Mahdi, a gloomy and protective boy from the Bloc. Their relationship is sex, friendship and mutual belonging to a new family. The one who will lead them to climb the hierarchies of the criminal system together, past the clash between the Bloc and Latinos.
Source: Lega Nerd
