ANTONIO SCURATI'S 'M: SON OF THE CENTURY': From page to screen.
In this episode Russ Kilbourn and our guest Sandra Parmegiani, a specialist in contemporary Italian literature, explore the background to Antonio Scurati's internationally successful 2018 novel 'M: Il Figlio Del Secolo' (M: Son of the Century) about Benito Mussolini's rise to power, adapted for the screen by Sky as 'Mussolini: Son of the Century', in eight parts. The series starred Luca Marinelli as Mussolini and was directed by Joe Wright. Sandra describes the Scurati work before the M series, one of which, like M, won the Strega prize. She outlines the story 'M' tells and the unusual use of…
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