Call My Agent - Italia

Call My Agent - Italia is an Italian comedy-drama television series that premiered on Sky Atlantic on 20 January 2023. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency CMA (Claudio Maiorana Agency) and their relationships with their clients, who are real Italian celebrities playing themselves. Produced by Sky Studios and Palomar, it is based on the French TV series Call My Agent!. The first season consists of six episodes, written by Lisa Nur Sultan and directed by Luca Ribuoli [it]. The second season of six episodes premiered 22 March 2024.

Call My Agent - Italia
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Fanny Herrero
Based on	Call My Agent!
Starring	Michele Di Mauro [it] Sara Drago Maurizio Lastrico [it] Marzia Ubaldi Sara Lazzaro [it] Francesco Russo Paola Buratto Kaze
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production companies	Sky Studios Palomar
Original release
Network	Sky Atlantic
Release	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20) – present

Overview

Talent agents Vittorio Baronciani, Lea Martelli, Gabriele Di Lillo and Elvira Bo of the fictional agency CMA (Claudio Maiorana Agency) in Rome manage the careers of their eccentric celebrity clients.

Cast and characters

Main

• Michele Di Mauro [it] as Vittorio Baronciani, a "cold and calculating" agent more concerned with himself than his clients or colleagues^[1]
• Sara Drago as Lea Martelli, a demanding career woman who burns through assistants^[1]
• Maurizio Lastrico [it] as Gabriele Di Lillo, the "clumsiest and most kind-hearted" of the agents^[1]
• Marzia Ubaldi as Elvira Bo, an elderly agent from another era^[1]
• Sara Lazzaro [it] as Monica Ferri, an assistant at CMA
• Francesco Russo as Pierpaolo Puglisi, another assistant at the agency
• Paola Buratto as Camilla Zanon, Lea's new assistant who is secretly Vittorio's illegitimate daughter
• Kaze^[1] as Sofia De Rosa, the agency's receptionist

Recurring

• Livia Rossi [it] as Caterina De Paolis
• Rosanna Gentili as Guenda Neri
• Manuela Mandracchia [it] as Lavinia Rondi
• Emanuela Fanelli as Luana Pericoli, an actress who is one of the agency's most outrageous clients
• Federico Fazioli as Claudio Maiorana
• Filippo De Carli as Davide Baronciani
• Pietro De Nova as Evaristo Loy (season 2)

Guest stars

Season 1

• Episode 1: Paola Cortellesi, Alberto Angela, Paolo Genovese
• Episode 2: Paolo Sorrentino, Ivana Spagna
• Episode 3: Pierfrancesco Favino, Anna Ferzetti
• Episode 4: Matilda De Angelis
• Episode 5: Stefano Accorsi
• Episode 6: Corrado Guzzanti

Season 2

• Episode 1: Valeria Golino, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
• Episode 2: Gabriele Muccino
• Episode 3: Claudio Santamaria
• Episode 4: Serena Rossi, Davide Devenuto [it]
• Episode 5: Elodie
• Episode 6: Sabrina Impacciatore

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	6		20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)	3 February 2023 (2023-02-03)
2	6		22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)	9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)

Season 1 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Paola"	Luca Ribuoli [it]	Lisa Nur Sultan	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
Actress Paola Cortellesi is giving an interview to Vanity Fair about her upcoming role as ancient Roman queen Tanaquil in a film opposite Brad Pitt, when her agent Gabriele learns that the production now wants a younger actress.
2	2	"Paolo"	Luca Ribuoli	Lisa Nur Sultan	20 January 2023 (2023-01-20)
Director Paolo Sorrentino jokingly proposes a new series, The Lady Pope, starring Ivana Spagna in the title role and co-starring Denzel Washington and Madonna. Believing he is serious, the agents start putting the project together.
3	3	"Pierfrancesco e Anna"	Luca Ribuoli	Lisa Nur Sultan	27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)
On the eve of the David di Donatello awards ceremony, Lea hunts down actor Pierfrancesco Favino to sign a contract to play Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
4	4	"Matilda"	Luca Ribuoli	Lisa Nur Sultan, Federico Baccomo [it]	27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)
Actress Matilda De Angelis faces backlash from a social media post, and her agent Vittorio does damage control while fielding an offer of employment from Guenda Neri, a rival agency.
5	5	"Stefano"	Luca Ribuoli	Lisa Nur Sultan, Federico Baccomo	3 February 2023 (2023-02-03)
Actor Stefano Accorsi refuses to turn down any roles, despite protests from his agent, Gabriele. Stefano is booked to play a police inspector during the day in Modena, and rock star Luciano Ligabue at night in Bologna, until both productions suddenly decide to film at the same time.
6	6	"Corrado"	Luca Ribuoli	Lisa Nur Sultan	3 February 2023 (2023-02-03)
Luana Pericoli wants Corrado Guzzanti to star in her new TV series, but he is not interested.

Season 2 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	7	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)
A bad film screenplay creates a problem for actresses Valeria Golino and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.[2]
2	8	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)
The agency lands director Gabriele Muccino.[2]
3	9	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	29 March 2024 (2024-03-29)
Actor Claudio Santamaria will do anything to get a role he wants.[2]
4	10	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	29 March 2024 (2024-03-29)
A frenetic marathon of interview takes its toll on actress Serena Rossi and her actor husband Davide Devenuto [it].[2]
5	11	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	5 April 2024 (2024-04-05)
Singer Elodie's voice proves to have magical powers.[2]
6	12	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	5 April 2024 (2024-04-05)
Lea worries about Sabrina Impacciatore's dream role.[2]

Production

Call My Agent - Italia stars Michele Di Mauro [it], Sara Drago, Maurizio Lastrico [it], Marzia Ubaldi, Sara Lazzaro [it], Francesco Russo, Paola Buratto, the singer Kaze and Emanuela Fanelli.^[3] Ubaldi died on 21 October 2023, at the age of 85, after filming of season two had completed.^[4] The first episode of the second season was dedicated to her.^[2]

The series is produced by Sky Studios and Palomar, an Italian subsidiary of the French production company Mediawan, which originated the French version of the series.^[3]

Season 1

Call My Agent - Italia debuted on Sky Atlantic on 20 January 2023.^[3] The first season consists of six episodes, written by Lisa Nur Sultan and directed by Luca Ribuoli [it]. Guest stars include Paola Cortellesi, Paolo Sorrentino, Pierfrancesco Favino and his wife Anna Ferzetti, Matilda De Angelis, Stefano Accorsi and Corrado Guzzanti.^[1][3]

Season 2

The second season will premiere on 22 March 2024. The six episodes will be written by Lisa Nur Sultan, Federico Baccomo [it] and Dario D'Amato [it], and directed by Luca Ribuoli.^[2] Guest stars for season two will include Valeria Golino, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Gabriele Muccino, Claudio Santamaria, Serena Rossi, Davide Devenuto [it], Elodie and Sabrina Impacciatore.^[2][5]

Season 3

In March 2024, prior to the premiere of season two, Sky Italia EVP Nils Hartmann announced that a third season of the series was in pre-production.^[6][7]

Reception

Mario Manco of Vanity Fair called the series "Enjoyable, funny, brilliant", and praised it as "the demonstration that the Italian way of taking ideas that come from abroad and making them their own is unique and inimitable, because few would have managed to transform Call My Agent! in a masterpiece of this magnitude".^[1]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2023	Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) Award	Best TV Series - Comedy	Directed by Luca Ribuoli	Won	[8][9]
		Best Supporting Actress	Emanuela Fanelli	Nominated	[10]
		Special Nastro d'Argento - Cameo	Paolo Sorrentino	Won	[8][9]
	Superciak d'oro (Golden Superciak) Award	Series of the Year		Won	[11]