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Everything Calls for Salvation

Everything Calls for Salvation (Tutto chiede salvezza)

TV Series · 2022 · 15 people

Netflix's Italian series Everything Calls for Salvation (Italian original Tutto chiede salvezza) blends drama with comedy. Directed by Francesco Bruni and made by Picomedia, it is a loose adaptation of Daniele Mencarelli's 2020 novel of the same name. The first season arrived on 14 October 2022 and the second on 26 September 2024; across the two seasons there are twelve episodes of about 47 minutes each. In Germany the show is known as Für die Kämpfer, für die Verrückten and in France as Nous voulons tous être sauvés.

The story begins when Daniele, a very sensitive twenty-year-old, wakes in the dormitory of a psychiatric ward after a psychotic crisis. He is there for seven days of compulsory health treatment, and he wonders whether a week like this makes him mad. Around him are five roommates he feels he has nothing in common with, doctors who want to probe his mind and nurses who seem cold and uninterested. Seven days turn out to be long: what looks at first like a punishment slowly becomes one of the most intense and instructive experiences of his life.

The cast includes Federico Cesari, Fotinì Peluso, Andrea Pennacchi, Filippo Nigro, Bianca Nappi, Ricky Memphis, Vincenzo Crea, Carolina Crescentini and Lorenza Indovina.

DirectorFrancesco Bruni
Production companyPicomedia
NetworkNetflix

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Filippo Nigro Filippo Nigro Actor · 55 years old Lorenza Indovina Lorenza Indovina Actor · 60 years old Federico Cesari Fotinì Peluso Andrea Pennacchi Bianca Nappi Ricky Memphis Vincenzo Crea Carolina Crescentini Vincenzo Nemolato Alessandro Averone Lorenzo Renzi Michele La Ginestra Claudia Zanella Massimo Bonetti

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

A story bounded by seven days of compulsory treatment is a bold frame for a series. In confined-setting shows like this everything rides on the roommates' chemistry, and a young man who changes as he gets to know five people he thought he had nothing in common with is a structure made for episode-by-episode viewing. My reservation concerns the second season: building another season on top of such an intense, self-contained week makes it hard to keep the first season's tightness. Still, twelve episodes across two seasons is a length you can finish in a few evenings, with little room to sag.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Putting drama and comedy in the same psychiatric ward is a risky choice: the tone can slide into a cuteness that trivialises illness or into a heavy display of suffering. Francesco Bruni's free adaptation of Mencarelli's novel chooses to find the balance through friction and closeness between the characters. The seven-day span at the heart of the story works well as a dramatic clock, with each episode carrying a slice of that limited time. Even so, the arc of a week that starts like a punishment and becomes one of the most instructive experiences of a life risks leaning too heavily on the familiar curve of recovery stories. Softening early contrasts too easily, such as the nurses who seem cold and uninterested, is a trap this kind of story often falls into.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The show's most valuable move is turning a psychotic crisis into a question rather than a label. Daniele asking whether seven days make him count as mad aims straight at the line between mental health and social stigma. Telling compulsory treatment, a practice that is both legal and medical, through the eyes of a young man also makes you question how institutions look from the individual's side. Lives that resemble each other in nothing meeting in the same dormitory offer a close look at people pushed to society's margins. It is an Italian production, but a story that reminds you prejudice about mental health is familiar in many societies.

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