RATING

M Contains violence.

RRP

$39.99 2 disc

BARCODE

9397810231092

SKU

R-Z02310-9

COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTOR

BBC

CAST

Rufus Sewell

SYNOPSIS

Rufus Sewell (Middlemarch, The Illusionist) stars as Aurelio Zen in this sexy, stylish detective series from the makers of Wallander. Set against the decaying grandeur of Rome, this is police drama as never seen before.

But as Aurelio Zen is about to discover, bending the rules doesn't always have to mean immoral standards… and sometimes it's best to let the heart rule the head. With a recent marriage break-up and a drifting career, Venetian-born Aurelio Zen is reaching the end of a bad part of his life. A formidable detective, he's always put honesty before advancement. As admirable as this may be, it's made him enemies and held back his career.

The arrival of clever and ambitious Tania to the team sees Zen's vigour reawakened. Clearly there's an attraction, but to win her, he knows he's got to take a chance, be a bit more daring and maybe a little more 'flexible' in his approach to work. It's a technique that serves him well. Driven by romance and re-energised, when offered a high profile assignment at the instruction of the ministry who are desperate to blame someone – anyone – for the murder of an eccentric billionaire, Zen decides to take it. If he's to make a name for himself for all the right reasons, it's now or never. Armed with a new confidence, Zen's investigations take him from crowded Rome to the spectacular Italian countryside, as he negotiates a complex string of murder cases through three episodes, never afraid to question authority or use a few unorthodox methods to see justice done. Add to that the competing demands of Tania and his Mama, this is a man whose heart is mostly in the right place and who does his best to make sense of whatever confronts him.

Rufus Sewel brings passion and intrigue to author Michael Dibdin's character in a sexy, warm series which provides an affectionate portrayal of Italian life.