The first six episodes of the fourth season already on Raiplay from 1 February, all twelve on Rai2 starting from 14 February. The fifth is already in the works so as not to miss the February 2025 appointment. Negotiations are underway for a US remake. The planned film is yet to be defined. The musical which, after its debut at the Teatro Augusteo, is on tour. The only ones who are not surprised by the size of the Mare Fuori phenomenon, the series set among the kids of the IPM, a penal institute for minors inspired by the Nisida prison, which started quietly in 2020 and also exploded thanks to the relaunch on Netflix, are the fans. Who also at the press conference in the Rai studios in Fuorigrotta, patiently besieged their favorites, very young actors who went from unknown to star in the space of a handful of episodes. Massimiliano Caiazzo (Carmine Di Salvo), who joined the cast of Me, you by Bille August; Matteo Paolillo (Edoardo Conte), also a successful singer in the wake of the theme song ‘O mar for by Stefano Lentini; Domenico Cuomo (Gianni Russo, Cardiotrap), chosen by Brando De Sica for his directorial debut. And the girls: Maria Esposito (Rosa Ricci), Clotilde Esposito (Silvia), Kyshan Wilson (Kubra), Clara Soccini (Crazy J), expected in a few days competing on the Sanremo stage.
One of the reasons for the success of the series directed by Ivan Silvestrini and written by Cristiana Farina and Maurizio Careddu, claims Maria Pia Ammirati, director of Raifiction who produced it with Roberto Sessa’s Picomedia, lies precisely in the freshness of the cast. «Sea outside takes the Neapolitan out of Naples and from Italy to the USA. We have become a case study. A challenge won thanks to a cast capable of acting in a new way.” With a certain ability to metabolise exits, such as that of Carolina Crescentini, former director of the prison (now the role is played by (Lucrezia Guidone), some of the kids such as Nicolas Maupas and Valentina Romani, and to consolidate the presence of adults: the commander Massimo Valenti (Carmine Recano), the educator Beppe (Vincenzo Ferrera). The challenge for the fourth season will be to withstand the passing of time: “We and our characters have grown. They are called to make important choices, but they still have the desire to remain adolescents”, summarizes Paolillo. Silvestrini avoids spoilers but anticipates. “The doors of the IPM closed, for some they open. After all, the purpose of the prison institution is to prepare children for the rest of their lives”. At the sea outside.