Claudio Castrogiovanni

Angelo Faraci

Mariela Garriga

Andrea Camilleri

When a car is discovered upside-down, having crashed over a cliff onto the rocks below, Montalbano finds the driver is a model from Vigatamoda. Meanwhile, his own relocation to Genoa with Livia is postponed while he investigates t...

Gianluca Maria Tavarelli

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Montalbano and the apricot stone

Love &apos;Inspector Montalbano&apos; and feel that it does a great job bringing freshness to a well-worn genre (not intended as a bad thing, love crime/mystery drama but there&apos;s a lot out there with familiar tropes to each other).

Was not sure how its prequel series &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos; would fare when hearing of it. It sounded interesting to see the great &apos;Inspector Montalbano&apos; characters in their youth, but also questioned the necessity. With that being said, had mixed expectations before watching &apos;Endeavour&apos;, the prequel series to one of my favourites &apos;Inspector Morse&apos; and it ended up nearly as great. The same goes for &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos;, it must have been no easy feat to live up to such a good show and have a younger actor for the title character filling in very big shoes but &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos; manages it splendidly.

Some may question the physical resemblances of the younger cast to &apos;Inspector Montalbano&apos;s&apos; cast for continuity&apos;s sake, Mimi is a notable example. That was not an issue at all to me. &quot;An Apricot&quot; to me turned out to be one of the best of the show. Easily the best episode of Season 2, which was mostly good still actually but didn&apos;t live up to the consistent brilliance of the first season, and the best since &quot;The Third Secret&quot;.

&quot;An Apricot&quot;, as always with &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos;, is beautifully shot and the scenery is stunning, making those who&apos;ve never been to Italy want to book a holiday there as soon as possible and is a treat for anybody who loves all things Italian. The scenery as always is atmospheric and the use of it very clever, the locale as always is suitably colourful. The music is never over-bearing or low-key with a nice atmosphere and flavour, a lot of it is very cleverly used. The sound effects are remarkably authentic.

Oh, and something that was neglected to be mentioned by me in my reviews for the show and its individual episodes is how the food and the way it&apos;s used is enough to make one salivate over, it looks so delicious and almost too good to eat.

Part of &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos;s&apos; appeal how it manages to stay true to what was so good about &apos;Inspector Montalbano&apos; and is every bit as successful at creating a history that is both incredibly interesting and plausible. The humour is fun (Catarella&apos;s &apos;Ode to Montalbano&apos; was a laugh out loud moment), the conflict is tense in a nail-biting way and the drama charms and affects. The subplot with Montalbano and Livia as always is charmingly done. The characters as their younger selves, for what they lack in physical resemblance, more than make up for that in maintaining the same personalities we know and love the characters for and being just as interesting in development. Catarella when younger is just as hilarious, if more subtle. Even the supporting characters are given a lot of attention.

Very like the best episodes of &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos;, the story is well-paced, absorbing, intelligently written and brain-teasing, while keeping logic intact, not being too easy to solve (actually like &apos;Inspector Montalbano&apos; it&apos;s pretty complicated) and not confusing or alienating the viewer. Pacing is leisurely but never dull.

The acting is very good, Michele Riondino had a Herculean task filling the shoes of the incomparable Luca Zingaretti but is more than up to the task and does it more than admirably, balancing comedy, drama and intensity with ease. All the other roles range from solid to great, with Fabrizio Pizzutto and Alessio Vassallo really coming into their own (as well as Livia and Fazio), but through the whole show it&apos;s Riondino&apos;s show all the way when it comes to the acting honours.

In conclusion, brilliant. Am not sure whether there&apos;ll be any more episodes of &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos;, but sure hope so because &apos;The Young Montalbano&apos; deserves to last longer. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Love 'Inspector Montalbano' and feel that it does a great job bringing freshness to a well-worn genre (not intended as a bad thing, love crime/mystery drama but there's a lot out there with familiar tropes to each other).

Was not sure how its prequel series 'The Young Montalbano' would fare when hearing of it. It sounded interesting to see the great 'Inspector Montalbano' characters in their youth, but also questioned the necessity. With that being said, had mixed expectations before watching 'Endeavour', the prequel series to one of my favourites 'Inspector Morse' and it ended up nearly as great. The same goes for 'The Young Montalbano', it must have been no easy feat to live up to such a good show and have a younger actor for the title character filling in very big shoes but 'The Young Montalbano' manages it splendidly.

Some may question the physical resemblances of the younger cast to 'Inspector Montalbano's' cast for continuity's sake, Mimi is a notable example. That was not an issue at all to me. "An Apricot" to me turned out to be one of the best of the show. Easily the best episode of Season 2, which was mostly good still actually but didn't live up to the consistent brilliance of the first season, and the best since "The Third Secret".

"An Apricot", as always with 'The Young Montalbano', is beautifully shot and the scenery is stunning, making those who've never been to Italy want to book a holiday there as soon as possible and is a treat for anybody who loves all things Italian. The scenery as always is atmospheric and the use of it very clever, the locale as always is suitably colourful. The music is never over-bearing or low-key with a nice atmosphere and flavour, a lot of it is very cleverly used. The sound effects are remarkably authentic.

Oh, and something that was neglected to be mentioned by me in my reviews for the show and its individual episodes is how the food and the way it's used is enough to make one salivate over, it looks so delicious and almost too good to eat.

Part of 'The Young Montalbano's' appeal how it manages to stay true to what was so good about 'Inspector Montalbano' and is every bit as successful at creating a history that is both incredibly interesting and plausible. The humour is fun (Catarella's 'Ode to Montalbano' was a laugh out loud moment), the conflict is tense in a nail-biting way and the drama charms and affects. The subplot with Montalbano and Livia as always is charmingly done. The characters as their younger selves, for what they lack in physical resemblance, more than make up for that in maintaining the same personalities we know and love the characters for and being just as interesting in development. Catarella when younger is just as hilarious, if more subtle. Even the supporting characters are given a lot of attention.

Very like the best episodes of 'The Young Montalbano', the story is well-paced, absorbing, intelligently written and brain-teasing, while keeping logic intact, not being too easy to solve (actually like 'Inspector Montalbano' it's pretty complicated) and not confusing or alienating the viewer. Pacing is leisurely but never dull.

The acting is very good, Michele Riondino had a Herculean task filling the shoes of the incomparable Luca Zingaretti but is more than up to the task and does it more than admirably, balancing comedy, drama and intensity with ease. All the other roles range from solid to great, with Fabrizio Pizzutto and Alessio Vassallo really coming into their own (as well as Livia and Fazio), but through the whole show it's Riondino's show all the way when it comes to the acting honours.

In conclusion, brilliant. Am not sure whether there'll be any more episodes of 'The Young Montalbano', but sure hope so because 'The Young Montalbano' deserves to last longer. 10/10 Bethany Cox

When a car is discovered upside-down, having crashed over a cliff onto the rocks below, Montalbano finds the driver is a model from Vigatamoda. Meanwhile, his own relocation to Genoa with Livia is postponed while he investigates the case.

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