# The Monster of Florence (2025)

> A four-episode Italian true crime miniseries that links a modern serial killer hunt to a 1968 murder case in Florence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/163303

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 4
- Episode runtime: 64 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, thriller, drama
- Created by: Leonardo Fasoli, Stefano Sollima
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Marco Bullitta, Francesca Olia, Liliana Bottone, Valentino Mannias, Giacomo Fadda, Antonio Tintis, Sergio Albelli, Claudio Vasile
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29457135/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Tone: bleak, tense, sombre, unsparing

## What critics say

Audiences rate the miniseries mixed, with its true-crime premise and period atmosphere drawing interest while its uneven reception reflects divided opinion.

## Synopsis

The Monster of Florence (2025) is an Italian true crime miniseries created by Leonardo Fasoli and Stefano Sollima for Netflix. Across four episodes, the story follows prosecutor Silvia Della Monica (Liliana Bottone) as she pursues a serial killer who targets couples in the Tuscan countryside around Florence. Her investigation pulls her back to a 1968 killing, with Stefano Mele (Marco Bullitta) and Barbara Locci (Francesca Olia) at the center of a crime that the authorities struggle to understand. Investigators Pier Luigi Vigna (Sergio Albelli) and Giovanni Calamosca (Stefano Alessandroni) must sift through rumor, family secrets and rural suspicion while the killings continue. Each episode alternates between the modern hunt and the earlier case, building a slow, grim momentum rather than a case-of-the-week structure. The tone is bleak, tense and procedural, with the atmosphere of a province where secrets sit behind closed doors. Its dark, documentary-leaning grounding in real events places it in the company of Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and Zodiac, and it will appeal to viewers who enjoy Romanzo Criminale and The Keepers. Set in 1960s and 1980s Tuscany, it is a sober, unsparing limited series for patient viewers of true crime.

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