Melania Rea’s feministry becomes an HBO Original TV series produced by Simona Ercolani and Teresa Carducci for Stand By Me distributed since November 6 on HBO Max with 4 episodes released weekly. The series, directed by Stefano Mordini, which is titled Melania Rea, was premiered at the Film Festival in Rome in the Freestyle | Series section, written by Doriana Leondeff, Bianca Rondolino, Mariano Di Nardo and Gloria Mottarelli.
The project has received the sponsorship of the Foundation Una No Centomila, committed to the prevention and contrast of gender violence. The musical component also includes a contribution by BigMama, an artist involved in the Artistic Laboratory of the Foundation, who signs the unreleased track Cicatrice, present on the titles of the final episode. The Rea family took part directly in the realization of the series to reconstruct the whole story, allowing an exclusive access to facts, anecdotes and direct testimonies, as well as document sources verified. The production also compared with figures who followed the case, including family lawyer, criminologist and consultant Margherita Carlini, investigators and journalists.
Somma Vesuviana and the province of Ascoli form a backdrop to the reconstruction of the story with a narrative system that alternates real characters to others freely inspired by people really involved.
Melania Rea, la storia vera dietro la serie
On 20 April 2011, the body of Melania Rea, 29, was found in a forest in Ripe di Civitella, in the National Park of Abruzzo. The young man lived with his husband, the chief of the army Salvatore Parolisi, and his daughter Vittoria, who at the time had just 18 months. The discovery began one of the most followed and controversial investigations of the Italian chronicle, destined to deeply mark the public debate on gender violence.
The series traces the story by interweaving past and present, but is not limited to the reconstruction of the judicial facts. In the middle of the story there is also the life of Melania, its desires, aspirations and a relationship that, behind an apparent normality, progressively reveals dynamics of possession, control and overwhelm. Through the language of the psychological thriller, history addresses the mechanisms of manipulation and domestic abuse, trying to restore centrality to the person behind the case of chronicle.
Il cast di Melania Rea: Maria Esposito e Daniele Rienzo
The protagonist is Maria Esposito, known to the public for the role of Rosa Ricci in Mare Fuori, who plays Melania Rea. Daniele Rienzo dressed as Salvatore Parolisi, the husband of the young woman. In the cast also Michela Cescon in the role of PM Gabriella Rocci, Carmen Pommella and Antonio Buonanno as parents Vittoria Garofalo and Gennaro Rea, Francesco Rungi in the role of brother Michele Rea, Giulia Ercolini in that of his friend Nunzia.
Quando esce Melania Rea
Melania Rea debuts on Friday, November 6, 2026 on HBO Max, with an episode released every week.
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