Detective Montalbano: Episodes 13-15

I'm growing addicted to this series! The story lines are attention-grabbing, the suspense keeps us on the edge of our chairs, and the characters are individual and endearing! Don't miss out!

I have read almost all of Camelleri's books in the "Inspector Montalbano" series, and these DVD movies give the correct feeling about the character of Inspector Montalbano. He has heart and yet at the same time he illustrates unusual intelligence in a policeman-Detective in charge of a small town police force. Most main characters in these type of movies usually take all the credit even when others contribute to solving a crime. Sometimes Inspector Montalbano doesn't even let anyone except the viewer of the DVD know that he has solved the crime. He solves situations taking into consideration every person involved and does the "right thing" whether it is according to the written law or not. The actor chosen to play the role of Inspector Montalbano is superb. Camelleri's books describe Inspector Montalbano's thoughts and internal arguments within "Montalbano 1 and Montalbano 2" which is not done in the DVD's, but the actor manages to show through visual facial expressions or body language as well as dialogue what is happening in Montalbano's mind and emotions. I love Camelleri's books and was not disappointed by the DVD's. In fact after seeing the full set of all episodes of Inspector Montalbano, I decided to buy the few books I have not read yet.

I have now purchased 18 of these movie discs from Amazon, and they are really terrific. Not only are the movies very well done and enjoyable for repeat viewings, but the photography of Sicily is so beautiful I keep thinking it will be absolutely my next place to visit if and when I feel like traveling to Europe again.More than any other film or TV I've ever watched, I almost literally feel as if Im right there on this beautiful island instead of merely seeing pictures of it!But the extra value of them for me, persoanally, is that listening to them repeatedly has done surprising wonders for my understadning of the language, of which I had but a smattering before although I've always wanted to be fairly fluent in it.The background music for this series is also great by the way. All in all, the discs are a real delight!

Well, I love the Montalbano series. We see the soft side and the thuggish side of Montalbano as he tries to solve cases in his town.Montalbano works with a mixed crew of characters and I also love them. We see bad guys caught by happenstance. We see Montalbano conflicted about continuing in his career. We see the folly of elderly Mafia leaders passing on old grudges to their clan.Luca Zingaretti plays Montalbano with insight into the single male inspector who takes a daily swim, loves to have someone else cook for him, listens patiently to the comments of his officers and always bring a particular sensitivity to solving a case. Apparently Luca Zingaretti played this role on Italian TV for many years. Bravo. Find your inner Italian and watch this series.

Really enjoy watching Montalbano!

I was not familiar with this author, but purchased the first three episodes of the television series based on an Amazon review. And I am so glad I did. We really enjoy these. The only complaint we had at first was that the English subtitles were too fast. But either they have been slowed down or we are reading faster,because it no longer seems to be a problem we are up to episode 10).The characters are interesting, the actors do a great job, the views of Sicily and the Mediterrian are beautiful,and it is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.Don't let the subtitle thing bother you. We have also watched all of the Swedish-made Wallender television series, and you don't even notice after a short while.We have to make an effort not to watch them all at once as soon as they ome.

Wonderful distraction from all the negative news.

My wife and I love Montalbano. Even though it is in Italian with English subtitles we enjoy the expressions and emotions and excitement of Detective Montalbano as he solves the crimes in his corner of the world. We have seen every episode and love them.If you want a no brainer slow paced mystery set in Italy with fun, real world characters buy this series.Just do not get too rapped up in the little nuances like the fact that there is never other cars on the streets he drives in…lolSam Hendricks, author Fantasy Football Tips and the novel Just One More

Ever since BBC4 had a Montalbano on at Christmas 2010, we have really enjoyed them. My husband speaks Italian, but I don't, so I rely on the sub titles, but the joy is often in the Italian slang which I am getting the hang of (tu rompe mes cogliones, Mimi! - sorry for bad spelling). Nice and slow paced - perfect for an evening's relaxation.

I love Montalbano and wanted to see more of the serie. I ordered 3 DVDs with english subtitles but for those who are not that great with IT wording etc did not realise that it would not play on my DVD. The company was very prompt in replying and I am returning them but am very sad I have not been able to see the new episodes.

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