{"id":464605,"date":"2022-06-18T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T21:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/natascha-mcelhone-escapes-to-italy-in-comic-quaint-drama\/"},"modified":"2022-06-18T00:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T21:00:44","slug":"natascha-mcelhone-escapes-to-italy-in-comic-quaint-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/natascha-mcelhone-escapes-to-italy-in-comic-quaint-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"#Natascha McElhone Escapes to Italy in &#8216;Comic &#038; Quaint&#8217; Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e84e05892b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e84e05892b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/natascha-mcelhone-escapes-to-italy-in-comic-quaint-drama\/#%E2%80%9CNatascha_McElhone_Escapes_to_Italy_in_%E2%80%98Comic_Quaint_Drama%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Natascha McElhone Escapes to Italy in &#8216;Comic &#038; Quaint&#8217; Drama&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNatascha_McElhone_Escapes_to_Italy_in_%E2%80%98Comic_Quaint_Drama%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Natascha McElhone Escapes to Italy in &#8216;Comic &#038; Quaint&#8217; Drama&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div> Locked down in cold and dreary London for the pandemic, writer Matt Baker (<i>Professor T<\/i>) says he was inspired to lift people\u2019s spirits and create \u201can escapist TV drama in a sunny and glamorous place.\u201d The result: <i>Hotel Portofino<\/i>, set in 1926 on the Italian Riviera, a location with stunning vistas of flowering cliffs overlooking crystal-clear water. (Though many exteriors were shot in Italy, the bulk of the six episodes was filmed in Opatija, a Croatian resort town.)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> revolves around the newly opened luxurious hostelry of the title, run by expat Bella Ainsworth (Natascha McElhone). The wife and mother \u201cwants to escape the imposition of her assigned role in a middle-class British household,\u201d says the <i>Halo<\/i> actress.\u201cShe embraces the risk of creating a new, uncertain life in Italy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bella hopes the adventure will also heal the lingering effects of World War I on her daughter, Alice (Olivia Morris), a lonely widow with a child, and her son, Lucian (Oliver Dench), a handsome veteran still bearing physical and emotional scars. Meanwhile, Bella\u2019s feckless husband, Cecil (Mark Umbers), will do just about anything to obtain the money needed to keep his ancestral property back in England. That includes marrying Lucian off to Rose (Claude Scott-Mitchell), the naive daughter of neighboring landowner Julia Drummond-Ward (Lucy Akhurst), both in residence at the hotel. Will the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ealing new nanny (Louisa Binder) scotch those plans?<\/p>\n<p>As for the other characters, they\u2019re a diverse and unpredictable lot. (\u201cBella loves all her guests,\u201d McElhone says, \u201ceven if some are more trying than others!\u201d) There\u2019s imperious Lady Latchmere (Anna Chancellor), her cowed niece (Imogen King), a dashing Italian count (Daniele Pecci), a free-spirited American entertainer (Lily Frazer), and her slippery husband (Adam James), who gets involved in Cecil\u2019s scheme to sell an alleged Old Masters painting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1048802\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1048802\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1048802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hotel-portofino-lady-latchmere-melissa-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Chancellor as Lady Latchmere, Imogen King as Melissa in Hotel Portofino\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hotel-portofino-lady-latchmere-melissa-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hotel-portofino-lady-latchmere-melissa-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hotel-portofino-lady-latchmere-melissa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hotel-portofino-lady-latchmere-melissa-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hotel-portofino-lady-latchmere-melissa-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hotel-portofino-lady-latchmere-melissa.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1048802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of \u00a9 Eagle Eye Drama Limited 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What happens next lends a bit of Agatha Christie mystery; local fascists from the country\u2019s new ruling party add some darker moments too. Still, \u201ccomic and quaint\u201d are <i>Portofino<\/i>\u2019s watchwords, McElhone notes, and if you enjoy that, Season 2 is coming: \u201cI\u2019m packing my suitcase as we speak!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hotel Portofino<\/em>, Series Premiere Sunday, June 19, 8\/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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