Mare fuori, an Italian television series that is depopulating among young audiences, becoming a sociological and cultural case. The first season debuted on Rai2 in 2020 with ratings above the network average. But it was the second series that made an impression, then the transition to Rai Play triggered word of mouth with 55 million views and the leap to Netflix which took the rights between platforms, and there it exploded. It has been in the top 5 most watched series for weeks, glued to Stranger Things. Now the third series is being filmed in Naples and a fourth is already being prepared.
Sea out
The cast, enlivened by releases and new entries like every series, has become famous: young actors such as Nicolas Maupas, Artem, Valentina Romani, Giacomo Giorgio, Massimiliano Caiazzo and others have suddenly become famous. And the soundtrack by Massimo Lentini, with the trap rhythms that kids like so much and the lyrics that are a whole program (So crisciut miezz a vie, o sacc chell che m'aspett… Patm sta carcerat, so l'omm e cas… Aret e sbarr, sotto o ciel c sta o mar for…), it's a hit. The events are set in a prison for minors in Naples, boys and girls ended up in prison for murders or very serious crimes. To take care of them the prison police including the director Carolina Crescentini, the commander who comes from the street Massimo - Carmine Recano, the educator Beppe - Vincenzo Ferrara.
Stories of crime and redemption
All committed to ensuring that the time of prison is the time of rebirth. The stories of these boys, between the underworld, drugs and more, tell the very moment of error, the pain, and the second chance that is given if you know how to seize it even at the cost of cutting ties with the past. Stories that highlight how the social network is the fundamental element. The source of inspiration is the prison of Naples, in Nisida. Roberto Sessa of Picomedia is the author of Mare Fuori, with a direct investment of 38% because this young adult series that tells the prison of the little boys he always believed.
“On board – he says – she went up Rai Fiction with the head of structure Michele Zatta, immediately convinced of the project, and then the German Beta Film which understood its potential and already with the second season had sold Mare Fuori to half the world, 22 countries in Latin America, Israel, Scandinavia, Germany, Turkey. There are negotiations underway in France and the USA through Hbo Max; the producers of Atresmedia will come to Naples from Spain to make it a pilot project. This small phenomenon was noticed by the Rai top management who pushed us to go ahead with the third series and the fourth in development. While Netflix arrived on the wave of this tam tam, it took three seasons and the fourth, each of 12 episodes.
