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. The second season of six episodes will premiere on 22 March 2024.

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.

Main

 * Michele Di Mauro as Vittorio Baronciani, a "cold and calculating" agent more concerned with himself than his clients or colleagues
 * Sara Drago as Lea Martelli, a demanding career woman who burns through assistants
 * Maurizio Lastrico as Gabriele Di Lillo, the "clumsiest and most kind-hearted" of the agents
 * Marzia Ubaldi as Elvira Bo, an elderly agent from another era
 * Sara Lazzaro 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 as Sofia De Rosa, the agency's receptionist

Recurring

 * Livia Rossi as Caterina De Paolis
 * Rosanna Gentili as Guenda Neri
 * Manuela Mandracchia as Lavinia Baronciani
 * Emanuela Fanelli as Luana Pericoli, an actress who is one of the agency's most outrageous clients

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
 * Episode 5: Elodie
 * Episode 6: Sabrina Impacciatore

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

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.

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

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

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".