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The Lions of Sicily
Italian Disney+ poster
Italian	I leoni di Sicilia
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	The Florios of Sicily by Stefania Auci
Written by	Ludovica Rampoldi Stefano Sardo
Directed by	Paolo Genovese
Starring	Michele Riondino Miriam Leone Donatella Finocchiaro Vinicio Marchioni Eduardo Scarpetta Paolo Briguglia Ester Pantano Adele Cammarata
Country of origin	Italy
Original languages	Italian Sicilian
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Paolo Sciarretta
Producers	Marco Belardi Simone Frattari Raffaella Leone Federico Scardamaglia
Cinematography	Fabrizio Lucci
Editor	Consuelo Catucci
Running time	52–58 minutes
Original release
Network	Disney+ (Various) Hulu (United States) Star+ (Latin America)
Release	23 October 2023 (2023-10-23) – present

The Lions of Sicily (Italian: I leoni di Sicilia) is a 2023 Italian historical drama television series based on The Florios of Sicily by Stefania Auci. It premiered at the 18th Rome Film Festival on 23 October 2023 and was released on Disney+ on 25 October 2023.

Premise

The series follows the Florio family of Sicily in the 1800s.

Cast

Main

• Michele Riondino as Vincenzo Florio
• Miriam Leone as Giulia Portalupi
• Donatella Finocchiaro as Giuseppina Saffiotti
  • Ester Pantano as young Giuseppina
• Vinicio Marchioni as Paolo Florio
• Eduardo Scarpetta as Ignazio Florio
• Paolo Briguglia as Ignazio Florio
• Adele Cammarata as Giovanna d’Ondes

Supporting

• Emmanuele Aita as Peppe Messina
• Massimo De Lorenzo as Frangipane
• Clara Tramontano as Angela Florio
• Michele Ragno as Giovanni Portalupi
• Claudia Pandolfi as Duchess Spadafora
• Antonio Gerardi as Carlo Filangieri
• Tony Sperandeo as Canzonieri
• Sandra Ceccarelli as Antonia Portalupi
• Reed Stokes as Ben Ingham

Episodes

Production

On 6 July 2022, it was announced that Disney+ had greenlit and began filming the series in Rome. Production then moved to Sicily, specifically Palermo, Marsala, Trapani, and Cefalù. Filming concluded in December 2022.

Filming locations in Palermo included Palazzo Comitini, Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, Palazzo dei Normanni, Palazzo Alliata di Villafranca, Santa Maria dello Spasimo, Piazza Pretoria, Piazza Bellini, Piazza Verdi, Via Maqueda, and Corso Vittorio Emanuele.

Release

The series premiered at the 18th Rome Film Festival on 23 October 2023. On 4 August 2023, it was announced that the first four episodes would be released on Disney+ on 25 October and the remaining four would be released on 1 November.

A teaser trailer for the series was released on 22 September 2023. The official trailer was released on 2 October, featuring the song "Durare" by Laura Pausini.

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ "'I leoni di Sicilia' a ottobre su Disney+. Dal romanzo di Stefania Auci arriva la serie di Paolo Genovese". La Repubblica (in Italian). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
2. Goldbart, Max (6 July 2022). "Disney+ Italy Greenlights 'The Lions Of Sicily' Adaptation From Paolo Genovese". Deadline. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
3. Ramachandran, Naman (6 July 2022). "Disney+ Commences Italian Series 'The Lions of Sicily' Based on Stefania Auci's Bestseller 'The Florios of Sicily'". Variety. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
4. Carrmina, Irene (15 October 2022). "Ciak per "I leoni di Sicilia" e piazza Pretoria ritorna nell'Ottocento". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
5. "I leoni di Sicilia con Miriam Leone arriva il 25 ottobre: tutto sulla serie tv sulla saga dei Florio". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
6. ""I leoni di Sicilia", si cercano comparse: casting a Palermo e Cefalù". PalermoToday (in Italian). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
7. @mirimeo (22 December 2022). "Giulia ♥️ Grazie per le emozioni di questi mesi, per i luoghi bellissimi in cui mi hai portato, anche quelli dell'anima, per le persone meravigliose che mi hai fatto incontrare, per la gioia ogni giorno di arrivare sul set e indossare i tuoi panni" – via Instagram.
8. Marsala, Daniela (19 January 2023). ""I Leoni di Sicilia" presto sul piccolo schermo: tra curiosità e retroscena, ecco cosa sappiamo". Sicilian Post (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
9. Sicilia, Francesco (22 September 2023). "Autunno con Miriam Leone sul set a Palermo per "I Leoni di Sicilia", ecco i luoghi delle riprese". Palermo Today (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
10. "Le foto dal set de "I Leoni di Sicilia", Palermo torna ai fasti della Belle Èpoque". Balarm (in Italian). 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
11. "PROGRAMME (PDF) ROME FILM FEST 2023" (PDF). Rome Film Festival. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
12. De Tommasi, Alessandra (4 August 2023). "I Leoni di Sicilia, le prime foto della fiction d'epoca con Miriam Leone e Michele Riondino". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
13. "I Leoni di Sicilia, il trailer della serie tv con Miriam Leone". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
14. Pizzigallo, Claudio (22 September 2023). "I Leoni di Sicilia, trailer e data di uscita della serie di Paolo Genovese per Disney+". Today (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
15. Pizzigallo, Claudio (3 October 2023). "I Leoni di Sicilia, trailer e data di uscita della serie di Paolo Genovese per Disney+". Today (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
16. Armelli, Paolo (3 October 2023). "È uscito il trailer de I Leoni di Sicilia (e c'è anche Laura Pausini)". Wired Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2023.

External links

• The Lions of Sicily on IMDb

• 2020s Italian television series
• 2020s Italian drama television series
• 2023 Italian television series debuts
• Star (Disney+) original programming
• Historical television series
• Italian-language television shows
• Period family drama television series
• Television series based on actual events
• Television series set in the 19th century
• Television shows based on Italian novels
• Television shows set in Palermo
• Television shows set in Sicily
• Florio family