Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation… all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. The series stars Luca Zingaretti and is based on the best-selling mystery novels by Andrea Camilleri. Filmed in the historic Sicilian province of Ragusa, these nostalgic stories of life, love and loss come from Camilleri's memories of his childhood hometown.
An elderly import-export merchant is found murdered and a young woman who may have been mixed up with him disappears the same day. Directed by Alberto Sironi, 1999.
Dozing off en route to a funeral, Montalbano is awakened when his driver crashes next to a seemingly abandoned villa. Directed by Alberto Sironi, 1999.
When a prominent citizen is found dead in an embarrassing position in his car, the coroner rules heart attack, but Montalbano isn't buying it. Directed by Alberto Sironi, 2000.
With a Mafia kingpin who wants to talk, a menacing hit man and a secret cavern, Detective Montalbano's got his hands full. Directed by Alberto Sironi, 2000.
The deaths of a blind man and a local fisherman seem unrelated until Montalbano discovers each had large sums of money in their bank accounts. Directed by Alberto Sironi, 2002.