The story of the magistrate Rosario Livatino and his commitment to organized crime arrive on television with Livatino – The judge and his murderers, the new miniseries directed by Michele Placido. The production of Rai Fiction, Goldenart Production and Rai Com reconstructs the last years of the judge’s life, following his work in the province of Agrigento and the path of a group of young people linked to Stidda. The drama is aired on Rai Uno on 9 and 10 November 2026, four episodes in 2 evenings.
Livatino, la trama
The story is set in the 1980s, in the Agrigento. Rosario Livatino is a young magistrate who faces mafia power through investigations and judicial measures, concentrating his work on the patrimony, economic interests and control of the territory by criminal organizations.
In parallel, the miniseries tells the growth of a group of young constituencies, coming from contexts of poverty and attracted by crime as a possible way to conquer power and ransom. Their paths develop in a territory crossed by violence and new Maltese balances, until they converge with that of the magistrate.
The story focuses on the last two years of Livatino’s life, from 1988 to 1990, and arrives at 21 September 1990, when the judge is killed by a commando of Stidda. The fiction also reconstructs the relationship between the professional and spiritual dimension of the magistrate, whose testimony of justice and faith led him to be proclaimed Blessed by the Catholic Church in 2021.
Il cast
Giuseppe De Domenico plays Rosario Livatino, the magistrate who carries out his battle against the Mafia in Agrigentino. Leonardo Maltese is Tano, one of the young constituencies seeking a ransom in crime. Nino Frassica dresses up as Vincenzo Livatino, the father of the judge, while Michela De Rossi plays Nina Russo, the teacher with whom Rosario lives a sentimental relationship.
Ninni Bruschetta is Giuseppe Campisi, a Mafioso exponent linked to the Corleonesi, and Brenno Placido plays Roberto Rizzo, a colleague and friend of Livatino. Vito Lopriore is Giuliano Guazzelli, Marshal of the Carabinieri engaged in the investigation. Francesco Benigno plays Pietro Miceli, while Matilde Piana is Rosalia, the mother of the magistrate.
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