Survivors is a mystery-drama composed of twelve 50-minute episodes, directed by Carmine Elia (The Sea Beyond, The Red Door) and starring Lino Guanciale, Luca Biagini, Barbora Bobulova, Stéfi Celma, Vincenzo Ferrera, Florian Fitz, Giacomo Giorgio, Pia Lanciotti, Sophie Pfennigstorf, Desirée Popper, Elena Radonicich, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Manda Touré, Camilla Semino Favro, Alessio Vassallo and Adèle Wismes.
The series, co-produced by RAI Fiction alongside France Télévisions, ZDFneo, Rodeo Drive and Cinétévé, it’s one of various projects to result from the Alliance between the three major public service broadcasters in continental Europe (Italy, France and Germany), which was initiated in 2018 in an attempt to compete in international markets and to promote the local audiovisual industry.
The first episode will premiere on Monday, October 3 at 21.25 on Rai 1.
The story of Survivors revolves around the Arianna, a sailing boat carrying twelve passengers which sets off on an ocean crossing. After a few days of navigation, and on account of a violent storm, the boat disappears off the radar. One year later, just off the Venezuelan coast, the wreckage of the boat is discovered with only seven people still alive on board. What happened to the others? Each episode charts the complex events following the return of these survivors, alternated with the terrible period of time they spent adrift at sea, in order to gradually uncover the secrets of their journey.
