Malammore

Father Raffaele’s investigations, set in the deeply fascinating Sanità district of Naples, return with the death of transgender Brunella to bring justice to those who have never had a voice.

Sanità is a district where all the contradictions of Naples come together. Elegant, period buildings alternate with narrow backstreets where organised crime lurks and you can lose your way. Father Raffaele was born in these streets, so he knows them well. He has been back for some time and his mission to help those who live here continues to be difficult, and his principal obstacle is his brother, Don Peppino, a well-known mob boss. But it is not just criminals who hide in Sanità. There are also those whom people consider the chimeras of society, alienated because they are different. One of these is Brunella, a femminiello who performs in one of Don Peppino’s nightclubs, and whose dead body is discovered by Assunta, Father Raffaele’s housekeeper.  For the priest, this is another opportunity to bring justice to those who no longer have a voice and perhaps never had one.