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Hotel Portofino. Season one

Call Number

  • DVD TV SERIES (CEN)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Natascha McElhone, Lucy Akhurst, Louisa Binder, Elizabeth Carling, Oliver Dench, Pasquale Esposito, Rocco Fasano, Lily Frazer, Adam James, Imogen King, Olivia Morris, Daniele Pecci, Lorenzo Richelmy, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Mark Umbers, Assad Zaman, Anna Chancellor.

Publication Information

[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2022]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 340 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-14.

Summary

The Hotel Portofino has only been open a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its co-proprietor and moving spirit, Bella Ainsworth: she's short of staff and ready money; her guests, including the imperious Lady Latchmere, are demanding and hard-to-please; and she's being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, Signor Danioni, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot political cauldron of Mussolini's Italy. The Hotel demands all of Bella's resources, energy, and focus, but she's being pulled into other directions, as she tries to coax her wounded son, Lucian, and her widowed daughter, Alice, towards health and happiness in the traumatic aftermath of WWI. And Bella's aristocratic but caddish husband, Cecil, is obsessed with arranging an advantageous marriage for Lucian to secure the family's estate, and with finding the money to fund his dilettante lifestyle. How far will Cecil go to secure his wealth and status?

Notes

Originally released for streaming on BritBox in 2022.

Bonus video: Go behind the scenes of season one.

Contents

  • First impressions
  • Lessons
  • Invitations
  • Uncoverings
  • Discoveries
  • Denouements.

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