The Alligator is the perfect nickname for Marco Buratti who, after spending years imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, has learnt his way around the misty swamps where crime reigns. Like a true alligator at home above and below the water at the same time, Marco glides on the surface, at the very limit of legality. The Alligator, a character created by Massimo Carlotto, spends most of his time in the canals of the Venice lagoon and has the face and voice (the deep raucous tones of someone who has spent time in the damp smoky places of the North East) of Matteo Martari, who comes from the Veneto region. The emotional atmosphere is provided by the music, curated by Teho Teardo who chose a selection of blues redolent of the streets and houses of Louisiana with raw, raucous voices that seem to come from deep in the Alligator’s aching soul.
Following the Alligator, accompanied by this soundtrack, and photography in tones of brown and green, is almost like being in that “sad” soulful Louisiana described in the blues. The series spends time in the provinces of Padua and Venice in particular. In Padua, locations include the Botanical Gardens where Marielita works, Castle Carrarese, the Piazzas delle Erbe, della Frutta, dei Signori and caffè Pedrocchi, Prato della Valle and the ex-cinema Quirinetta. Characters also visit vineyards, farmhouses and villas in the Colli Euganei; the airfield of Bagnoli di Sopra (Sylvie the belly dancer departs from here after saving the wrong prostitute); and Montegrotto Terme. Stunning locations include Cavallino-Treporti which provides the beautiful long, narrow strip of land flanked by sea and lagoon in the Po Delta and the areas of Porto Viro and Albarella. Villa Barbarigo, a 17th century building in Valsanzibio di Galzignano Terme near Padua, is a much-used location acting as the luxurious residence of bad guy Tristano Castelli. Its park, with fountains and a labyrinth, provides the setting for a performance by Greta (Valeria Solarino), blues singer and Buratti’s great love.
In the episode entitled Il maestro di Nodi, the alligator and his business partner Beniamino Rossini (Thomas Trabacchi) go to the Eur neighbourhood in Rome offering glimpses of the so-called Square Colosseum, the Obelisk in piazza Marconi and the Nuvola conference centre designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.
The Alligator is the perfect nickname for Marco Buratti who, after spending years imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, has learnt his way around the misty swamps where crime reigns. Like a true alligator at home above and below the water at the same time, Marco glides on the surface, at the very limit of legality. The Alligator, a character created by Massimo Carlotto, spends most of his time in the canals of the Venice lagoon and has the face and voice (the deep raucous tones of someone who has spent time in the damp smoky places of the North East) of Matteo Martari, who comes from the Veneto region. The emotional atmosphere is provided by the music, curated by Teho Teardo who chose a selection of blues redolent of the streets and houses of Louisiana with raw, raucous voices that seem to come from deep in the Alligator’s aching soul.
Following the Alligator, accompanied by this soundtrack, and photography in tones of brown and green, is almost like being in that “sad” soulful Louisiana described in the blues. The series spends time in the provinces of Padua and Venice in particular. In Padua, locations include the Botanical Gardens where Marielita works, Castle Carrarese, the Piazzas delle Erbe, della Frutta, dei Signori and caffè Pedrocchi, Prato della Valle and the ex-cinema Quirinetta. Characters also visit vineyards, farmhouses and villas in the Colli Euganei; the airfield of Bagnoli di Sopra (Sylvie the belly dancer departs from here after saving the wrong prostitute); and Montegrotto Terme. Stunning locations include Cavallino-Treporti which provides the beautiful long, narrow strip of land flanked by sea and lagoon in the Po Delta and the areas of Porto Viro and Albarella. Villa Barbarigo, a 17th century building in Valsanzibio di Galzignano Terme near Padua, is a much-used location acting as the luxurious residence of bad guy Tristano Castelli. Its park, with fountains and a labyrinth, provides the setting for a performance by Greta (Valeria Solarino), blues singer and Buratti’s great love.
In the episode entitled Il maestro di Nodi, the alligator and his business partner Beniamino Rossini (Thomas Trabacchi) go to the Eur neighbourhood in Rome offering glimpses of the so-called Square Colosseum, the Obelisk in piazza Marconi and the Nuvola conference centre designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.
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The Alligator (a nickname from his days as a singer) is Marco Buratti who after spending time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and driven by an obsession for justice, has learnt how to move in the crime underworld in the North Eastern Italy intending to flush out crimes and misdeeds.
