# Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017)

> A deadly struggle over land near Rome pulls organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican into a single brutal power game.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/64097

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 51 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Carlo Bonini, Daniele Cesarano, Barbara Petronio
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, Eduardo Valdarnini, Carlotta Antonelli, Francesco Acquaroli, Federica Sabatini, Filippo Nigro, Adamo Dionisi
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7197684/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: gritty, tense, dark, morally corrupt, brooding

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series positively, praising its crime story, music and atmosphere, while some find its characters thinly drawn compared with Gomorrah.

## Synopsis

Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017-2020) is an Italian crime drama series created by Carlo Bonini, Daniele Cesarano and Barbara Petronio for Netflix. Across three seasons and twenty-four episodes, it follows a web of criminals, politicians and church figures whose fortunes rise and fall around a bitter fight over land in a seaside town near Rome. Alessandro Borghi plays Aureliano Adami, a criminal operator at the center of the conflict, alongside Giacomo Ferrara as Alberto 'Spadino' Anacleti, Filippo Nigro as Amedeo Cinaglia and Francesco Acquaroli as Samurai. Each season is a continuing serialized story in which the characters' ambitions collide with the shifting demands of the underworld, the political class and the Vatican. The mood is dark, tense and morally corrupt, with the city itself feeling like a rotten system where power changes hands in back rooms and over the barrel of a gun. Gritty street violence, political scheming and a pervasive sense of decay give the show its atmosphere. Fans of Gomorrah, Romanzo Criminale and The Wire will find resonance in its layered portrait of institutional corruption and the criminal networks that feed on it.

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