Detective Montalbano: Episode 37 [DVD]

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A night watchman discovers Adelina's son, Pasquale, stealing from a villa. However, nothing seems to have been stolen so he can’t be charged and imprisoned.The mystery of what happened is only resolved when Montalbano discovers that the owner of the villa is having an affair with her brother-in-law, and when they were discovered by Pasquale, they paid him hush money to hide their actions. In a separate story, Agata Cosentino, an archivist and a friend of Livia's, is found dead, killed with a hammer, in the municipal archive of Vigata. The murder is a puzzle, given that she should not have been in the building while it was being renovated, and the killer should have been easy to find, because of all the blood. Montalbano has to eliminate many possible suspects, and think outside the box to figure out how the murderer was able to get away undetected. The answer lies in the fact that the murderer must have been naked, with no clothes on to be stained with blood. Montalbano further determines that the murderer was the director of the archive, naked because of a homosexual encounter, which Agata accidentally witnessed. With each episode expertly crafted to keep you on the edge of your seat, prepare to join Inspector Montalbano as he uses his sharp wit, intuition, and unorthodox methods to solve baffling crimes. Whether you’re a long-time fan or new to the series, these new episodes will leave you craving more. So, get ready to dive into the Sicilian mystery as Inspector Montalbano unveils exciting updates that will keep you hooked from the first scene. We hope that you can enjoy all the locations where Montalbano is filmed and that you organize a nice trip to Sicily. We are sure the map will be extremely useful to find them and help you plan your trip to all the attractions of Montalbano and the information you need to enter. At the time of the release of episode 37, The Catalanotti Method, Carlo Degli Esposti, founder of Palomar and producer of fiction, took time to discuss the future of Montalbano, who confirmed the decision is made and Inspector Montalbano continues with two more episodes and will conclude with them. Montalbano, la serie italiana che ha conquistato 65 paesi". agvilvelino.it (in Italian). 4 February 2019.

As mentioned, two unreleased films will close the circle: the first is based on the novel “The Cook of the Alcyon”, released posthumously in 2019, while the second film is based on the novel “Riccardino” Camilleri expressly stated before his death that this is the novel that concludes the story of Inspector Montalbano, a book that was published in 2020. Livia wants Montalbano to get a new suit for a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary party and she sends him to the tailor and dressmaker Elena Biasini, a woman who also helps the police deal with the many migrants who are arriving each night by boat from North Africa. A few days later Elena is found murdered in her shop, killed by a pair of her own dressmaking scissors. Dr Osman, who helps out also as an interpreter for the immigrants, confesses to Montalbano that he was once Elena's lover. Another more recent lover and a young man who used to work in Elena’s shop are also suspects. However, Montalbano discovers that the real murderer is Anna Silch, the one-time mistress of Franco, Elena’s long-dead husband, who is presumed to have killed himself. Anna leaves a letter for Montalbano confessing that she also killed Franco. Thus, an old case of suicide is reclassified as homicide. In typical Montalbano fashion, our beloved detective uses his sharp wit and unparalleled deductive skills to navigate through a web of deceit and hidden motives. Alongside his loyal team, including Officer Cat Catarella and Fazio, Montalbano follows the clues and uncovers a complex network of alliances and grudges within the film community.

Some of the most famous locations are the Grotta Mangiapane, San Vito Lo Capo, and the Favignana and Levanzo Islands in the Sicilian province of Trapani. The Temple of Juno and the Stair of the Turks, in Agrigento, are also where Montalbano is filmed. Giovanni Visentin as Judge Tommaseo, morbidly attracted to the more spicy aspects of the cases (seasons 7-9, 11) In this final outing, Salvo was very much living his best life; a dip in the cerulean waters, an excellent meal and a seduction in which he kissed his new inamorata with the sort of slurpy, single-mindedness he usually reserves for freshly landed ricci di mare. Dear reader, I blushed. Combines two short stories: "Una faccenda delicata" appearing in Un mese con Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri (not yet translated into English) and "Povero Maria Castellino" appearing in Gli arancini di Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri (not yet translated into English). Montalbano fans took to social media last night to voice their "disappointment" in the central character who betrayed his partner of 20 years Livia (played by Sonia Bergamasco), dumping her over the phone after having a fling with his much younger colleague Antonia, played by Greta Scarano.

In an author’s note written in 2005 and included with the book, Camilleri wrote: “This is the final novel with Inspector Montalbano as its protagonist. I will not write any more in the series. I regret this, but at 80 years of age, one cannot avoid the fact that many, too many, things must come to an end.” Roberto Nobile as Nicolò Zito, journalist of local TV station Rete Libera and trusted friend of Montalbano (season 1−15)The translator said he first read Riccardino with some trepidation, conscious of its importance, and “anxious for it to live up to all the expectation”.

The Catalanotti Method" is an enthralling episode that combines suspense, drama, and a dash of Mediterranean charm. The intricate storyline will keep viewers on the edge of their seats, as they attempt to piece together the puzzle alongside the brilliant Inspector Montalbano.In this episode, the idiosyncrasies of the main characters are further explored, offering glimpses into their personal lives and revealing the depths of their individual struggles. Montalbano's penchant for solitude and philosophical musings is juxtaposed with his unwavering dedication to bringing criminals to justice. Likewise, the lovable Officer Catarella's endearing bumbling nature masks a genuine desire to assist Montalbano at any cost. Tocco d'artista" appears in Gli arancini di Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri (not yet translated into English) and in English as "The Artist's Touch" in Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri, (S. Sartarelli, trans.), Penguin Books: New York, 2016

Montalbano must end. It cannot be left to the train ( the last episode of Inspector Montalbano Season 15) and a lost-in-love Montalbano and out of any frame we have seen him in twenty years. On a hot August day, Inspector Montalbano is eating lunch at a beach villa rented by his deputy, Augello, for holidays in Montereale Marina. During lunch, Augello's young son Salvo cannot be found; Montalbano searches for him and finds him in a tunnel in the garden, where he also discovers the corpse of a girl named Rina who disappeared six years earlier. Montalbano begins investigations with the help of the victim's twin sister, Adriana (who tries to seduce him), to find out who killed her sister. You’re making me write a shitty novel about the story of Riccardino. It’s a pile of horseshit that doesn’t hold together,” the Author tells Montalbano. “‘Do you really mean that?’ ‘I really mean it. You are putting far too many contradictory elements into play and keeping them all on the same level, so that the reader gets lost in the confusion. This mystery is a big hodgepodge that reads like it was written by a beginner.’” There is nothing to do in the Vigata police station. Catarella is hopelessly committed to solving crossword puzzles and rebus and Montalbano reads a novel by Simenon when he is unexpectedly forced to play the Bruce Willis partin an American movie. In an old building inhabited by two elderly bigots, the brothers Gregorio and Caterina Palmisano, whose religious obsessions have now reached the height of madness, the hallucinated old man started to shoot from the window and Montalbano, to challenge his feeling old, climbing dangerously up a firefighter ladder manages to make the old fool harmless. In the dilapidated building, in a forest of crucifixes of every workmanship illuminated by countless lights, Montalbano believes he has discovered a young woman killed but realizes that it is a worn out inflatable dollnow battered by prolonged use, without an eye and with a hole repaired at best. Once the two brothers are hospitalized, inertia seems to have returned to the Vigata police station when news of a corpse found in a dumpster arrives. It is not the body of a victim but of another doll identical to that found in the palace of the Palmisano brothers. In those same days the commissioner receives a strange anonymous letter where he is challenged with riddles in verse to a treasure hunt that out of curiosity and because he has nothing else to do accepts. After two or three clues the suspicion arises that the game hides something dangerous and crazy. Unfortunately his "cop" nose doesn't fool him. I must say I was not disappointed. To me it is a tour de force and I wanted to get everything as right as possible,” he said. “The dialogues between author and character are particularly clever, in my opinion, and tone is of the essence, as is so often the case when translating an author so dependent on irony and sarcasm as Camilleri. It was truly crucial for those dialogues not to appear forced, since they are, by conventional standards, totally artificial. But I really think the Montalbano series could not have a more fitting end.”We don’t know for sure if there will be new episodes of Inspector Montalbano in 2023 or 2024, but sooner or later, they will arrive. So, Where is Montalbano Filmed? Inspector Montalbano is entirely filmed in Sicily, Italy. The Sicilian provinces of Ragusa, Agrigento, Trapani, Siracusa, and Messina are where Montalbano was and is currently filmed in Italy. Within the province of Ragusa are the most important cities used during the shooting sessions. It is possible to see Salvo Montalbano go to a specific town or another in Sicily, located a couple of hours away from each other, where he conducts his police investigation, depending on the episode.