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Vittorio Cottafavi's four part series on the life of Christopher Colombus

Gino the Chicken, also as Gino the Chicken lost in the net, is an Italian television series. Was initially an Internet meme created by Andrea Zingoni, here became an animated series produced by RAI.

On duty at the Treviso Police Headquarters, Stucky is an apparently absent-minded inspector, often underestimated, who is guided by his instinct, curiosity and out-of-the-box thinking. He appears to be modeled after Lieutenant Colombo, down to the trenchcoat and the ever-present cigar.

Rome, nowadays. Phaim and Asia are two distant worlds and, at first glance, incompatible. He is Muslim and rooted in Bengali family traditions, she is an atheist and the daughter of separated parents. Yet, despite everything, they love each other. The series is taken from the homonymous film "Bangla", which continues the story.

Claudio and Silvia Caruana have money, respectability, a 20-year marriage and two children who have never given them trouble. But when Claudio is engulfed in a financial scandal, and the main suspect in his colleague's murder, the family has no choice but to flee, to save themselves and discover the truth.

In a nocturnal and hostile Rome, Valerio must investigate the death of his son, an apparently suicide. An investigation that's also a last chance to restore a bond with that son he hadn't seen in years, facing the ghosts of the past.

Laura, a young noblewoman who grew up in a convent, is given in marriage to the baron of Carini, an overbearing and lustful man. The life of the young baroness seems destined for unhappiness until she meets Luca Corbara, who arrives in the country to find his origins.

It follows Pinocchio's adventures in the Enchanted Village with his friends. Their group includes an ogress' daughter, the offspring of an elf, Sleeping Beauty's daughter, Prince Charming's son, and the Big Bad Wolf's son.

Series of promotional shorts for Parmigiano Reggiano.