"Chief of Police Manara" is an Italian crime drama about an unconventional Sicilian police commissioner working in Tuscany. Luca Manara, played by Guido Caprino, breaks all the rules, while his partner, Inspector Lara Rubino, played by Roberta Giarusso, tries to do things by the book. All kinds of sparks fly between them. The show ran very successfully for two seasons.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
At police headquarters, everyone is thinking about what they will do when they get off work, but then there is a phone call that changes everyone's plans. A fall onto the rocks by the beach, a book with an intriguing design, and we're off to a new episode with Luca Manara.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The investigation begins. Manara and Rivera go to see the victim's wife, while Toscani calls a tow truck. Then all hell breaks loose in a house nearby, where there's been a gas leak.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The autopsy report comes, and Manara goes to talk to the victim's widow. Marta goes to talk to his lover. Marta gets a phone call, and her colleagues realize, with surprise, who her father is.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Both the victim's wife and his lover are questioned at the same time, one by Luca, and one by Marta. Each has a very different memory of what Fello was like.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
How good of a painter was the victim? Not all the people who knew him have the same opinion. Luca and Toscani go to see the picture framer and learn a few things.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Marta finish their conversation but get interrupted. Later, Luca looks after Alice so that Toscani and Sardi can have an evening out. While he is there he makes a phone call.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
While having a drink with Ginevra, Luca notices a painting that looks like it could be one of Fello's. The next day, as he is waiting to talk to his boss, Raimondi shows up and asks him for a favor.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Casadio says the case is clear to him, and doesn't seem very open to Manara's theories. Marta talks to Cristina and finds out Fello had recently bought a camera he urgently needed.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Marta and Luca keep looking for the camera. They go to the house Di Maggio had wanted to have restored but now has to sell. They also return to the scene of the crime.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Luca, Marta and Di Maggio go to his house and make a discovery. Little Alice is making a fuss and Luca comes to the rescue. Raimondi and Marta have a serious talk.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Luca and Marta get interrupted by a phone call and Luca rushes off to where Buttafuoco is waiting for him.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Casadio is in a strange mood, due to some discussions with his wife. After Manara leaves his office, there are some imprevisti (unexpected events) that give him a new lead in the case.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Truth triumphing over falsehood is not only the theme of the fresco, but is also the theme of this segment. Marta and Luca zero in on their latest suspect.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
We're at the end of this episode, where the famous fresco has been restored. Truth, symbolized in the fresco, is the buzzword of the moment but in ordinary life, it often remains hidden.
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