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Great drama – and the dreadful reality

LEADING mafia assassin Giovanni Brusca, aka ‘ The Swine’, was released from jail last week to an outcry from relatives of his victims. We lockdown-binged on The Hunter, an Italian TV drama series based on the hunt for Brusca and his fellow mafiosi in 1990s Sicily.

It is beautifully acted and filmed, overlaid with a nostalgic colour filter that helps remove a sense of reality about the violence.

Brusca admitted to murdering so many people he can’t remember the number. His story has been gripping, escapist TV but in the deep south of Italy, his intimidat i on, corruption and violence remains a brutal reality.

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