# Rocco Schiavone (2016)

> A foulmouthed, weed-smoking Roman deputy commissioner is exiled to the Alpine town of Aosta, where he investigates crimes while despising the cold and the locals.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/59476

## Facts

- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 90 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Antonio Manzini
- Network: Rai 2, Rai 1
- Cast: Marco Giallini, Massimo Reale, Mirko Frezza, Claudia Vismara, Francesco Acquaroli, Isabella Ragonese, Christian Ginepro, Massimiliano Caprara
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6231158/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: wry, abrasive, melancholic, brisk, sardonic

## What critics say

Viewers broadly find the series a well-crafted detective drama whose real draw is its prickly, grieving lead and the Aosta mountain setting.

## Synopsis

Rocco Schiavone (2016-present) is an Italian national-television police procedural created by Antonio Manzini for Rai 2 and Rai 1. Marco Giallini plays Vice Questore Rocco Schiavone, a sophisticated, cranky Roman deputy commissioner of the State Police who is transferred to the Alpine town of Aosta as a disciplinary punishment. Massimo Reale as Alberto Fumagalli, Mirko Frezza as Furio Lattanzi, Claudia Vismara as Agente Caterina Rispoli and Filippo Dini as PM Maurizio Baldi round out the principal cast. The engine of the series is Rocco's contempt for the mountains, the cold, the provincial locals and his superiors' petty rules, set against a genuine love for solving crimes. Each season is built from self-contained investigations that unfold across a handful of feature-length episodes, while Rocco's personal history and his stubborn outsider's place in the local force slowly deepen across the run. Set in a contemporary Aosta Valley of snowbound streets and mountain roads, the show has a wry, smoky, melancholic tone, mixing brisk mysteries with a sharp, foulmouthed humor and a quiet undercurrent of grief. Fans of Montalbano, Wallander and Shetland will find resonance in its blend of procedural detection and character-led bleakness.

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