Gangs of Milan: the block sequel 181 is a trip to a Milan that burns but that needs to be listened to

At some point of the press conference of Gangs of Milan – The new block storiesthe new – beautiful – Sky Original series produced with Tapelessfilm and Red Joint Film and coming soon On March 21 exclusively on Sky and streaming on Now, the director Ciro Visco Observe the trailer of this newly projected season and, looking at the audience in the room, smiles: “Of course we could put a little more rhythm.” Visco is, of course, ironic, because Gangs of Milanthanks to a very wise use of both visual and sound assembly, it is adrenaline in the pure statea journey within a hidden and violent Milan that makes the law of the strongest The only criterion through which to decide who is destined to go on and who to succumb. More than two years after Block 181 and by the intricate love (and not only) of its protagonists Bea (and not onlyLaura Osma), Ludo (Alessandro Piavani) and Mahdi (Andrea Dodero), one better than the other, Gangs of Milan It starts from new stories and different new entries, all linked to the control of drug dealing in the clubs of Milan well and the rise of a new reality, Kasba, young and chaotic reality such as the music that produces, between trap, drill and techno.

«It was difficult to interpret Bea, who lives in an almost exclusively male world. I wondered how I could build this leader woman without thinking I had to face men. She understands how to play in this world, “says Osma, while Dodero and Piavani commentate respectively the evolution of Mahdi and Ludo speaking one of a certain spirit of revenge and the other of an absolute transformation compared to Block 181. “The starting point is the inspiration from reality, But it depends a lot where the fire is put. We wanted to talk about the characters and conflicts, putting crime aside at one point. From breaking Bad onwards it is the characters who make the story. I owe a lot to Gomorrahseen I come from there: But there are no large points in common, if we exclude the approach to street casting. This is a series of choices. Gangs of Milan Look Gomorrahthanks you, but then goes somewhere else », says Visco, the director, who naturally been able to count on the valuable contribution of Psalm both as an actor in the role of Snake – His episode is the sixth – that as a supervisor of the soundtrack.

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«On the soundtrack front, I was lucky enough to work in a team. In particular, I focused on the sixth episode. Considering that we dressed Snake elegantly, we played the various pieces as if they were the hits of the seventies », says Salmo, concentrated to give maximum visibility to the actors, not only in Osma, Piavani and Dodero, but also to young people (and very good) Fahd Triki and Noah Batitathat in Gangs of Milan They interpret the roles of Zak, a boy like many who cultivate the talent from trapper, and Nael, who often lets the impulsiveness take over on him.