Love and Vendetta

Love and Vendetta (Italian: Un amore e una vendetta) is an Italian television miniseries. The eight episode series aired on the Canale 5 network from 12 October through 23 November 2011, and featured Anna Valle, Alessandro Preziosi, and Lorenzo Flaherty.^[1] The series was first premiered at the 2011 Rome Fiction Fest at the Parco della Musica.^[2][3]

Love and Vendetta
Italian	Un amore e una vendetta
Directed by	Raffaele Mertes
Starring	Anna Valle Alessandro Preziosi Lorenzo Flaherty
Composer	Savio Riccardi
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Cinematography	Mirko Fioravanti
Running time	120 min
Original release
Network	Canale 5
Release	12 October (2011-10-12) – 23 November 2011 (2011-11-23)

The television premiere on Canale 5 was watched by 4.4 million viewers for a 17.72% share, winning its time slot, and continuing to perform well throughout its run.^[4][5]

Based on the popular 2006 Argentine telenovela Montecristo (which was optioned to a number of countries, including Italy), the storyline is loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.^[6]

Cast

• Anna Valle as Laura Castellani
• Alessandro Preziosi as Lorenzo Bermann/Andrea Damonte
• Lorenzo Flaherty as Marco Damiani
• Giovanni Guidelli as Paolo Bianchi
• Paolo Seganti as Luca Calligaris
• Federico Costantini as Massimiliano "Max" Bianchi
• Elisabetta Pellini as Olga Bernardi
• Ray Lovelock as Alberto Castellani
• Simona Borioni as Gabriella Bianchi
• Mohamed Zouaoui as Hassan
• Desirèe Noferini as Kadisha
• Fiorenza Marchegiani as Betta
• Giulia Elettra Gorietti as Monica
• Benedetta Massola as Stefania
• Miloud Mourad Benamara as Arab man