Underplayed Gems

L'ispettore Coliandro (2006)

L'ispettore Coliandro poster
Directed by
Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti
Genre
comedy film, detective fiction
Country
Italy
Length
8 seasons, 34 episodes
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A bumbling Italian police inspector stumbles through investigations with a mix of incompetence and luck. The show blends crime with black comedy and borrows visual flair from 70s and 80s action movies.

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What happens

Inspector Coliandro (Italian: L'ispettore Coliandro) is an Italian television series aired on Rai 2 since 2006, starring Giampaolo Morelli, directed by Marco Manetti and Antonio Manetti (collectively referred to as Manetti Bros.). The series is a black comedy crime thriller, based on the novels of crime writer Carlo Lucarelli. The series' visual style and plot contain many quotes from popular crime and action movies of the 70s and 80s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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