Here we have a wonderfully written and produced historical fiction based on events occurring in Italy (mainly) during the '90ies (this is meant to be the first season covering the year 1992). It's a pity I didn't watch it 2 years ago when it was originally released: 2 years is a lot of things watched meanwhile and I might have enjoyed it even more.In 1992 I was 13 like the protagonist's daughter. Possibly I remember much more of that year, its vibe, people's bafflement and reactions, than most non-historians adults. Then, various cultural dynamics heavily fighting unlawful conducts matured and gained power; peculiar loathing was raised by the standard corruptive practices in politics. This resulted in a period of political instability (or irrelevance?) that hasn't actually ended yet (but that's debatable). Perhaps the major effect was the influence on the new generations' perspective: more disillusioned, and - if not more honest - at least less dumb. And still victims of yet other fairy tales: the show business, liberalism and various forms of populism.While in today's connected world these events might seem unimportant, they represented an overwhelming wake-up call for the people of one of the major economies of the planet (like Italy was in the 90ies). And portrayed in this fashion they truly shine. Many lines, scenes and acting moments are brilliant in their gritty cynicism, evocative glamour or punching irony.Nonetheless we have a volatile screenplay as well: mostly it's incredibly vivid but throughout the series we have also a bit too many in-depth romantic relationships, anguish-squeezing drama and trite situations. Above all: too many tight links among the fictitious/historic protagonists. They meet and influence the core story-line; then they leave each other; then they meet again and change the story again. And this happens multiple times for all the main characters: a bit too much to be believable. Writers could have given some space to other actors without generating the natural skepticism that occurs when "history worthy" things happen but no real history book talks about our fictional protagonists: is it likely?A couple of things nearly kept me from giving the series a full 9 (i.e. like Tea Falco's delivery, Accorsi's "too cool" character, or a populist congressman and a starlet having public-sex in central Rome: a little too much beyond belief...) but overall it's just nitpicking (and actually Accorsi carries every scene he's in).International appeal is a possible concern though: the story-line is very complex, with a lot of different real-life people involved about whom you can hardly find anything online which is not in Italian. So any attempt to give substance and depth to what non-Italian audiences are watching might easily fail. And this could ultimately result in a parade of politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, etc etc you don't know and care about.Given this caveat, 1992 is surely one of the best recent historic-drama series worldwide; so good it could well be used to entertain and still inspire bored high-schoolers towards serious history research.

Full confession, I grew up as an American in Rome, Italy. I return every year on vacation. I generally search out every TV/Movie production I can find in the US in Italian, and they are rare, TV shows more so than movies. 1992 is about the rise of Silvio Berlusconi, a political leader in Italy who was elected twice and disgraced twice. In real life he made his money in media like Ted Turner, but his political leanings were similar to Donald Trump. And while the show depicts the year 1992 that gave rise to Silvio, he isn't shown much and appears at the fringe of the action -- for first the Italian government must fall. And for the most part the characters that inhabit this 10 part series are fictional. But a lot of the themes are real -- i.e., the "Clean Hands" movement to rid the Italian system of corruption, and the rise of the "Lega" -- the Northern League of nationalists politically. I am subjective in my liking most well produced Italian TV. If you have an affinity for Italy, and a basic understanding of the country you will also enjoy it. It's well acted and a concise drama. And it's subtitled in English.

The mother of all inventions sometimes seem to origin from Italy. Fotball, food, wine and women and some other modernity. But this telenovela is very good indeed it melts down the brute tone of harsh reality from series as Gomorrah and others and succeed to be just a slight truly romantic at the same time it explains what happened around and after 1992 in Italy with its effects on Europe as a whole. I like this and enjoyed every minute of the actors from Tea Falco who is good at being annoying spoiled brat who takes on her family business and to Miriam Leone beautiful and fantastic as the prototype for Italian women in show-biz. the whole cast is doing a fantastic job and the male characters are worth prizing. This is good and i hope they make more seasons it really deserves it.

Note: this review is exclusively based on the first season (the only one currently released).The first 10 episodes of "1992" tell the political changes that struck Italy after the investigation of "Mani Pulite" conducted by magistrate (now politician) Antonio Di Pietro. Despite the true historical background, the main characters of the series are all fictional, as well as their stories; however, the adventures of the protagonists are able to portray the social and political scenery of those years. Sometimes the narration flows into a romanticized sentimentalism typical of the worst Italian fiction, but these moments tend to be irrelevant to the enjoyability of the final product. From a technical point of view, the direction of Giuseppe Gagliardi is in several occasions worth mentioning; the screenplay cleverly alternates the affairs of the characters; the soundtrack was chosen with great care and is never misplaced; the actors (especially the former Miss Italy Miriam Leone) are all convincing, except perhaps a mono-expressive and irritating Tea Falco. To sum up, "1992" is a well-made series, intriguing and engaging, but slightly below other Sky's productions (like, for example, "Romanzo Criminale").