
Love & Death(2023)
Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore — two churchgoing couples — enjoy their small town Texas life... until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.


On August 26, 2010, a girl named Sarah disappears in Avetrana. The town is in turmoil, especially her cousin Sabrina. It looks like an innocent escape, but it's not. While everyone searches for her, Sarah has simply vanished without a trace. In one of the best-known cases in Italian true crime, this is the disconcerting story of a disappearance, narrated through the eyes of the protagonists.

Federica Pala
Sarah Scazzi
Giulia Perulli
Sabrina Misseri

Paolo De Vita
Michele Misseri

Vanessa Scalera
Cosima Serrano

Imma Villa

Anna Ferzetti

Giancarlo Commare
This Is Not Hollywood is a crime, drama series that first aired in 2024 exploring themes of media, murder, miniseries, family, true crime. Created by Carmine Gazzanni, it stars Federica Pala, Giulia Perulli, Paolo De Vita. On August 26, 2010, a girl named Sarah disappears in Avetrana. The town is in turmoil, especially her cousin Sabrina. It looks like an innocent escape, but it's not. While everyone searches for her, Sarah has simply vanished without a trace. In one of the best-known cases in Italian true crime, this is the disconcerting story of a disappearance, narrated through the eyes of the protagonists.
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