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DVD Release Date: May 21, 2013

Price: DVD $39.95

Studio: MHz Networks

Alessandro Prezioni is Detective De Luca.

Detective De Luca is an Italian crime-mystery television mini-series originally broadcast on Italy’s Rai 1 in the spring of 2008.

Based on the best-selling crime novels of Carlo Lucarelli, directed by Antonio Frazzi and starring the handsome Alessandro Prezioni, Detective De Luca is a portrait of an iconoclastic detective who ultimately solves his cases, though what he uncovers is a reality that’s often disturbing.

Set against the backdrop of Italy between 1938 and 1948, the titular Detective De Luca does the one thing he knows how to do: Be a cop. De Luca investigates and solves crimes in the war-torn city of Bologna and along the Adriatic coast with little or no regard for those in power, whoever they happen to be. His solitary and uncompromising character, his magnetic effect on women, and the fact that he...

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CANNES -- Giovanni Veronesi and Ferzan Ozpetek led the way with 12 David di Donatello nominations each for their respective films "Manuale D'Amore" (Manual of Love) and "Cuore Sacro" (Sacred Heart), Italy's equivalent to the Oscars. Both films were nominated in the best film category. Paolo Sorrentino's "Le Consequenze dell'amore" (The Consequences of Love) and Gianni Amelio's "Le Chiavi di Casa" (The House Keys) received 10 and seven award nominations respectively including best film and director nominations. Rounding out the best film category was "Certi Bambini" (Certain Kids), which was directed by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi. Both Ozpetek and the Frazzi brothers were nominated for best director as was Davide Ferrario for "Dopo Mezzanotte" (After Midnight), which received ten nominations.

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