She is among the most popular actresses and women of the show thanks to tenacity, preparation and a naturalness that knows no equal, it will be difficult not to love her in the new role that will see her protagonist on Rai1 which seems to have been sewn on her: Mina Settembre, character born from pen by Maurizio de Giovanni but very freely adapted for TV. Serena Rossi interpreter of the closing film of the Venice Film Festival, Let me go by Stefano Mordini, after having renewed the partnership with the Manetti brothers (After Song 'e Napule and Ammore e malavita) with the highly anticipated Diabolik lands on Rai1 from September 17 in prime time with Mina Settembre, a set that lasted almost a year (filming was interrupted in March and restarted in July after the months of stop for the lockdown).
'' I play a social worker, always ready to take charge of many cases in the clinic where she works, in the Rione Sanità of Naples ''.
A role "in which I bring out all my Neapolitan spirit" says the actress and singer, born in 1985, who in recent years has never stopped, conquering audiences and critics between cinema and TV.
The new project for the flagship of the public service (co-production Rai Fiction-Italian International Film, produced by Fulvio and Paola Lucisano), freely based on the stories of Maurizio de Giovanni A day in September at Christmas and A telegram from September (published by Sellerio ), is written by Fabrizio Cestaro, Doriana Leondeff, Fabrizia Midulla and Marco Videtta, who added characters and worked partly on fantasy.
The fact is that the Neapolitan writer is a record holder for the presence of a series hat-trick on Rai1 (the new season of the Bastardi di Pizzo Falcone and the highly anticipated Commissioner Ricciardi with Lino Guanciale are coming soon).
Mina Settembre sees in the cast, among others, Giuseppe Zeno and Giorgio Pasotti.
"I have lived in Rome for 11 years - he says - and I had always come back to Naples only for short periods.
This city is colorful, domineering in the best sense and is the other real protagonist of the series. We shot at Rione Sanità: the big heart came out. Mina Settembre, in some respects, looks like me, while others don't belong to me, but she is a wonderful, empathetic, exciting character ".
Mina Settembre says Serena Rossi again, "it has been part of me for many months. That red coat that Tiziana made me wear in August, is part of Naples and its alleys. Mina crosses them. With Marina Confalone it was a privilege to work, an actress of the highest level. She taught me many things. With Giuseppe Zeno we shared 130 days of life, we found ourselves talking about the children; with Giorgio Pasotti, from Bergamo, it seems that the most beautiful scenes are those in which let's fight. ''
Mina is safe at work, less in private life: she has recently separated from her husband (Pasotti) and attends the gynecologist of the clinic where she works (Zeno). She has returned to her mother Olga (Confalone), high bourgeois lady with a sharp joke. She deals with a mystery linked to the past of her father, who recently passed away: who is the woman portrayed in the photo kept in the safe? "Mina is special, she is unique, she understands others and is dedicated to listening, but if it is the
one's life is a disaster.
Try to see the good even when it's not there. "Confalone recently seen at Christmas in Casa Cupiello, says about her role:" I have done very little television so far, I considered this series inviting because it was all shot in Naples, Serena she is a golden girl.
I am her mother I am called 'Mina's number one problem', Olga is an unbearable woman, she has total control over her daughter, she is bitter about Mina's separation from her husband, she is not a bad character, she has decided to sit on a chair on wheels, but she is not disabled, she did it to create problems for everyone, to declare herself out of the game as a woman and as a mother.
Olga will eventually offer some surprises. "The cast also includes Valentina D'Agostino, Christiane Filangieri, Nando Paone, Massimo Wertmuller, Rosalia Porcaro, Ruben Rigillo, Francesco Di Napoli, Davide Devenuto (companion of Serena Rossi and father of their son Diego 4 years old, he plays the husband of a friend "it was funny"), Michele Rosiello, Susy del Giudice, Primo Reggiani.
In March Serena Rossi will be the host of the Rai 1 show The secret song: '' I can't anticipate anything if not to say that guests are at the center of our surprises, emotions are brought into play ".
To those who ask if you think about a second season on Mina Settembre, Tiziana Aristaco replies "We would love to be able to do it"
