Imma is a determined, strong, well-prepared, decidedly unconventional woman. It's impossible not to notice her in the Prosecutor's Office: partly because of the extravagant, bright clothing she can't live without, but mostly due to her impeccable, straightforward demeanour, both at work and at home, which doesn't endear her to everyone. Deputy Prosecutor of Matera, Imma Tataranni (Vanessa Scalera), is a combination of memory, intelligence and tenacity which makes her unique, allowing her to complete her cases like no other. The character is loosely based on the novels of Mariolina Venezia. The cast includes Massimiliano Gallo (husband Pietro), Barbara Ronchi (chancellor and friend Diana), Alessio Lapice (the charming Marshal Ippazio Calogiuri), Carlo Buccirosso (Chief Prosecutor Alessandro Vitali), Carlo De Ruggieri (Dr. Taccardi) and Cesare Bocci (Saverio Romaniello).
Imma Tataranni's investigations span Basilicata and the surrounding areas. Matera and the thousand-year-old Sassi are at the centre of every episode: the courthouse with her office is actually the 18th-century Palazzo dell'Annunziata in piazza Vittorio Veneto, while the exterior of her home is on via San Biagio.
The first season also featured Metaponto, a hamlet of Bernalda on the Ionian coast with an ancient history. Imma is on her summer holidays surrounded by beaches and the temples of the archaeological park, but she can't take her mind off a case.
A trip to Rome is an opportunity to showcase some of the Eternal City's beauties: on a scooter with her trusted assistant Calogiuri, Imma recalls a clumsy Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, as she admires the Colosseum and the ancient beauty of the city en-route to Cinecittà Studios, where she interviews an aspiring actress.
In Season 2 (8 eps), directed by Francesco Amato and co-produced by Rai Fiction, IBC Movie, and Rai Com, Imma has to handle her husband’s new artistic aspirations: Pietro (Massimiliano Gallo) has decided to leave his permanent job and start a career as a musician. She continues to fight her attraction to handsome Ippazio Calogiuri (Alessio Lapice), to clash with the authoritative, prudent, and superstitious Chief Prosecutor Alessandro Vitali (Carlo Buccirosso), and deal with Valentina's (Alice Azzariti) infatuation with the Chief Prosecutor's adopted son, with whom she will share an environmental experience.
In addition to Matera, the Lucanian region is a key feature, with its ancient trails left by the seasonal livestock migration, wind turbines, dams, hills, colours, and people caught between a painful past and a future still searching for redemption. Episodes feature the villages of Marsicovetere, Marsico Nuovo, Viggiano, Abriola, Mount Volturino, the Maddalena mountains, and Piana del Lago in the Lucanian Apennine National Park.
The murder in Ep. 1 takes place in a building, apparently in Matera, but the interiors are actually Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia.
Season 3 of Imma Tataranni sees Valentina thinking of heading off to Naples to study at the Orientale University, having now finished high school. Imma and Pietro find themselves in an empty house and return to being the couple they once were, refusing to give in to melancholy. At least until Calogiuri awakens from his coma: initially it seems that he has lost his memory but, over time, he gradually recovers everything except the awareness of being in love with Imma. Inevitably upset by this, Imma is particularly concerned by the fact that Calogiuri, who is now cold towards her, is dangerously determined to uncover the truth behind the attack. At the same time, something is beginning to crack in Imma's marriage, and Pietro, in response, enrols in a boxing class. Here he meets Sara, a captivating and brilliant palaeontologist who invites him to take a crime writing course. Imma has to handle both Pietro and Calogiuri apparently taking paths that lead away from her.
Matera continues to serve as the series' splendid frame, inspiring stories and characters. Episode after episode, Imma moves through the famous Sassi, the streets and alleys of the historic centre, the halls of the Domenico Ridola National Archaeological Museum, and the agricultural hamlet of La Martella. Other fascinating locations include the Gravina di Laterza, a picturesque canyon in the province of Taranto, and the cave village of Rivolta in Ginosa.
Season 4 picks up the story with Imma’s and Pietro's marriage troubles. Their unwavering affection for their daughter Valentina (Alice Azzariti) is solid but they are trying to understand their feelings for each other and decide whether to continue their life together. On the one hand, Imma tries to explore the reasons for the attraction she has always felt for Marshal Calogiuri. Confident and determined professionally, she finds herself unprepared to manage the emotional turmoil she is experiencing. On the other, Pietro is grieving Sara's violent death and tries to free himself from Imma and his mother, Mrs. De Ruggeri (Dora Romano). He is supported on this journey by a stimulating encounter with a highly-strung writer, Vasco Parisi (Tommaso Ragno).
Alongside the series' irreplaceable backdrop, Matera, are other locations in the Lucanian area: Metaponto, Irsina, the Val d'Agri and charming villages like Marsicovetere, Marsico Nuovo, Viggiano, and Abriola.
With a now independent daughter and separated from her husband, Imma finds herself alone, with none of her references. Pietro (Massimiliano Gallo) is elsewhere, totally absorbed in a new professional experience. Vitali has returned to Naples and the new chief prosecutor, Altiero Galliano (Rocco Papaleo), is impatient of Imma’s free-roaming nature. Imma's refuge, however, is her work, and the cases she investigates are all tied to broken families, lost along the way, a little like hers. The cast now includes Lodo Guenzi as Edoardo Fossati, a tech genius and Pietro's new boss.
Matera, with its thousand-year-old Sassi, is central to the setting. Recurring locations include the 18th-century Palazzo dell'Annunziata in piazza Vittorio Veneto as the courthouse where Imma has her office; and via San Biagio, with the exterior of her home.
Other locations in the Lucanian area enrich the episodes: Venosa with its archaeological park; Melfi, the Vulture Park and the Monticchio lakes (where a woman's body was found), Murgia Materana Park, and La Palomba sculpture park.
Locations for Season 5, directed by Francesco Amato, included some in Rome (including interiors at the San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital): approx. 16 weeks of filming (September to December 2025) employed a crew of over 70.
Imma is a determined, strong, well-prepared, decidedly unconventional woman. It's impossible not to notice her in the Prosecutor's Office: partly because of the extravagant, bright clothing she can't live without, but mostly due to her impeccable, straightforward demeanour, both at work and at home, which doesn't endear her to everyone. Deputy Prosecutor of Matera, Imma Tataranni (Vanessa Scalera), is a combination of memory, intelligence and tenacity which makes her unique, allowing her to complete her cases like no other. The character is loosely based on the novels of Mariolina Venezia. The cast includes Massimiliano Gallo (husband Pietro), Barbara Ronchi (chancellor and friend Diana), Alessio Lapice (the charming Marshal Ippazio Calogiuri), Carlo Buccirosso (Chief Prosecutor Alessandro Vitali), Carlo De Ruggieri (Dr. Taccardi) and Cesare Bocci (Saverio Romaniello).
Imma Tataranni's investigations span Basilicata and the surrounding areas. Matera and the thousand-year-old Sassi are at the centre of every episode: the courthouse with her office is actually the 18th-century Palazzo dell'Annunziata in piazza Vittorio Veneto, while the exterior of her home is on via San Biagio.
The first season also featured Metaponto, a hamlet of Bernalda on the Ionian coast with an ancient history. Imma is on her summer holidays surrounded by beaches and the temples of the archaeological park, but she can't take her mind off a case.
A trip to Rome is an opportunity to showcase some of the Eternal City's beauties: on a scooter with her trusted assistant Calogiuri, Imma recalls a clumsy Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, as she admires the Colosseum and the ancient beauty of the city en-route to Cinecittà Studios, where she interviews an aspiring actress.
In Season 2 (8 eps), directed by Francesco Amato and co-produced by Rai Fiction, IBC Movie, and Rai Com, Imma has to handle her husband’s new artistic aspirations: Pietro (Massimiliano Gallo) has decided to leave his permanent job and start a career as a musician. She continues to fight her attraction to handsome Ippazio Calogiuri (Alessio Lapice), to clash with the authoritative, prudent, and superstitious Chief Prosecutor Alessandro Vitali (Carlo Buccirosso), and deal with Valentina's (Alice Azzariti) infatuation with the Chief Prosecutor's adopted son, with whom she will share an environmental experience.
In addition to Matera, the Lucanian region is a key feature, with its ancient trails left by the seasonal livestock migration, wind turbines, dams, hills, colours, and people caught between a painful past and a future still searching for redemption. Episodes feature the villages of Marsicovetere, Marsico Nuovo, Viggiano, Abriola, Mount Volturino, the Maddalena mountains, and Piana del Lago in the Lucanian Apennine National Park.
The murder in Ep. 1 takes place in a building, apparently in Matera, but the interiors are actually Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia.
Season 3 of Imma Tataranni sees Valentina thinking of heading off to Naples to study at the Orientale University, having now finished high school. Imma and Pietro find themselves in an empty house and return to being the couple they once were, refusing to give in to melancholy. At least until Calogiuri awakens from his coma: initially it seems that he has lost his memory but, over time, he gradually recovers everything except the awareness of being in love with Imma. Inevitably upset by this, Imma is particularly concerned by the fact that Calogiuri, who is now cold towards her, is dangerously determined to uncover the truth behind the attack. At the same time, something is beginning to crack in Imma's marriage, and Pietro, in response, enrols in a boxing class. Here he meets Sara, a captivating and brilliant palaeontologist who invites him to take a crime writing course. Imma has to handle both Pietro and Calogiuri apparently taking paths that lead away from her.
Matera continues to serve as the series' splendid frame, inspiring stories and characters. Episode after episode, Imma moves through the famous Sassi, the streets and alleys of the historic centre, the halls of the Domenico Ridola National Archaeological Museum, and the agricultural hamlet of La Martella. Other fascinating locations include the Gravina di Laterza, a picturesque canyon in the province of Taranto, and the cave village of Rivolta in Ginosa.
Season 4 picks up the story with Imma’s and Pietro's marriage troubles. Their unwavering affection for their daughter Valentina (Alice Azzariti) is solid but they are trying to understand their feelings for each other and decide whether to continue their life together. On the one hand, Imma tries to explore the reasons for the attraction she has always felt for Marshal Calogiuri. Confident and determined professionally, she finds herself unprepared to manage the emotional turmoil she is experiencing. On the other, Pietro is grieving Sara's violent death and tries to free himself from Imma and his mother, Mrs. De Ruggeri (Dora Romano). He is supported on this journey by a stimulating encounter with a highly-strung writer, Vasco Parisi (Tommaso Ragno).
Alongside the series' irreplaceable backdrop, Matera, are other locations in the Lucanian area: Metaponto, Irsina, the Val d'Agri and charming villages like Marsicovetere, Marsico Nuovo, Viggiano, and Abriola.
With a now independent daughter and separated from her husband, Imma finds herself alone, with none of her references. Pietro (Massimiliano Gallo) is elsewhere, totally absorbed in a new professional experience. Vitali has returned to Naples and the new chief prosecutor, Altiero Galliano (Rocco Papaleo), is impatient of Imma’s free-roaming nature. Imma's refuge, however, is her work, and the cases she investigates are all tied to broken families, lost along the way, a little like hers. The cast now includes Lodo Guenzi as Edoardo Fossati, a tech genius and Pietro's new boss.
Matera, with its thousand-year-old Sassi, is central to the setting. Recurring locations include the 18th-century Palazzo dell'Annunziata in piazza Vittorio Veneto as the courthouse where Imma has her office; and via San Biagio, with the exterior of her home.
Other locations in the Lucanian area enrich the episodes: Venosa with its archaeological park; Melfi, the Vulture Park and the Monticchio lakes (where a woman's body was found), Murgia Materana Park, and La Palomba sculpture park.
Locations for Season 5, directed by Francesco Amato, included some in Rome (including interiors at the San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital): approx. 16 weeks of filming (September to December 2025) employed a crew of over 70.
Rai Fiction, ITV Movie
