The road to Portobello: Fabrizio Gifuni and Marco Bellocchio tell the true story behind HBO Max’s Italian crime drama

The road to Portobello: Fabrizio Gifuni and Marco Bellocchio tell the true story behind HBO Max’s Italian crime drama


By DQ
April 9, 2026

IN FOCUS

For their fifth collaboration, Portobello, star Fabrizio Gifuni and director Marco Bellocchio chose to dramatise the true story of an Italian TV host at the centre of a miscarriage of justice. They tell DQ about working together, using digital technology and how Gifuni transformed into protagonist Enzo Tortora.

 

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