‘The Devil’s Clocks’, the intrigue series that premieres four in July

Drug trafficking and its consequences have become one of the favorite themes of series and movies. This Monday, July 5, it will premiere on the Cuatro network the Italian-Spanish series The Devil’s Clocks from 10:45 p.m.. One of the most anticipated series for this summer.

An intrigue series that consists of five episodes and is inspired by the book The devil’s watches based on real events, the novel by Gianfranco Franciosi and the journalist Federico Ruffo. Gianfranco Franciosi is the Italian mechanic who helped law enforcement to dismantle a major drug trafficking network in the framework of Operation Albatros more than a decade ago.

The moment that changed his life

The story of the protagonist of The Devil’s Clocks Marco Merani (Giuseppe Fiorello) changes para siempre when he receives a visit in his workshop in Polveron, an eccentric Roman, who asks him to modify the engine of a motorboat. Marco has been working for years in a small shipyard on the Italian Ligurian coast. Accepting such illegal work is the first step to entering a totally unintentional world in a dangerous way.

But his commitment to society and learning that your client has been murdered for his involvement in drug trafficking, takes him to talk to Mario, his friend and policeman, who assures him that he has not done anything to worry about.

Some time later, two people come to see him weeks later to propose another assignment: rectify vessels for drug trafficking. Moved by his conscience, He goes to the police, who decide to use him as bait to infiltrate the drug trafficking network.

The Sicilian actor Giuseppe Fiorello (The talent of Mr. Ripley) plays the role of Mario the main mechanic and Álvaro Cervantes (Adú, Carlos, king emperor) to the young boss of a criminal organization. Marco Merani will have to lie to his family and obey his dangerous client, Aurelio Vizcaíno (Álvaro Cervantes), who promises him that for every job they do together he will give him a gift an expensive watch to always remind you that the business must function as a perfect gear.

Marco will have to travel as a police infiltrator to Spain and South America and his work will be decisive in the seizure of the largest drug cache in Europe: four tons of narcotics.

A great success in Italy

The Devil’s Clocks is a co-production of Mediaset España and Picomedia in alliance with Rai Fiction. The series has been directed by Alessandro Angelini and shot entirely in natural and urban locations in Italy and Spain. Its cast includes internationally known actors Giuseppe Fiorello, Álvaro Cervantes, Nicole Grimaudo, Claudia Pandolfi, Gea dell’Orto, Marco Leonardi, Roberto Nobile, Alicia Borrachero, Carlos Librado ‘Nene’, Michelle Calvó and Ignasi Vidal, among others.

The series premiered in Italy on November 9 on the Rai 1 network and achieved an average of 5,183,000 viewers (21% share). At the end of the season with a 20% audience share and 5 million viewers. We will have to wait a few episodes to see if this series has the same success in Spain.