Elisa di Rivombrosa could come back, but are we sure it’s a good idea?

It is clear that Italy intends to follow in America’s footsteps by trying to order revivals and remakes of successful products that aired several decades earlier. Could this be the explanation he led, second Turin Chronicle, a new production to ask the Municipality of Aglié and the Superintendency of Fine Arts of Turin for permits for turn a new chapter di Elisa of Rivombrosa, the Canale 5 fiction written by Cinzia TH Torrini which became a small cult in the 2000s, capable not only of launching the career of a very young Vittoria Puccini, but also to inaugurate a vein, that of costumed TV series, which had a certain fortune in the years to come, from Pride to The veiled lady. According to reports Turin Chroniclethe idea would be to turn uA new season of the series pushed by Rai – even if the original was aired on Mediaset -, while also opening up to platforms such as Prime Video and Netflix.

The new series of Elisa of Rivombrosaon paper, would be the continuation of the miniseries Elisa’s daughter – Return to Rivombrosa, aired in 2007 with little success, especially if we consider the success of the first two seasons with Vittoria Puccini and Alessandro Preziosi. Eliza’s daughter, let us remember, Agnes followed the adventures, the daughter of Elisa and Count Ristori played by a Sarah Felberbaum budding, grappling with the love for the Marquis Andrea Casalegno Van Necker played by Julius Beruti, son of his mother’s archenemy. Again according to the Turin portal, actors such as could take part in the project Blessed Porcaroli, Alice Pagani, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Andrew ArchangelsLudovica Nasti and Lucrezia Guidone.

Right now, it seems to us a somewhat fanciful operation. Not only for a question of rights, but also because the spin-off of Elisa of Rivombrosa was not welcomed by the public, so we don’t understand why to resume the story after so much time, moreover on a different network or platform than the one that launched the franchise. Beyond the alleged request for locations in which to shoot – including the Ducal Castle of Aglié, the Masino Castle in Caravino, the Masino Castle in Caravino, the Valentino Castle and the Villa della Regina in Turin and the Borgo di Castello from Rota to Tolfa – It seems really strange to us that you decide to go back by focusing on a product that is, yes, successful, but which has now surpassed the recognisability and identity that made it strong at the time. Especially if we consider that the return of certain historical sagas, such as The beauty of women, was greeted years later by the public with a chilling coldness. We do not know what fate a new one would meet Elisa of Rivombrosa but, perhaps, in cases like these it would be more appropriate to keep a good memory rather than run the risk of ruining it.