Love in Disguise
2026 · Comedy · Drama
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TV series / 2006
The Cesaronis
Episode directors
Francesco Vicario
Giulio is a widower, struggling to raise three sons, Marco, Rudi, and Mimmo, as best he can. He lives in Rome's working-class Garbatella neighborhood and runs a wine shop with his two brothers. Lucia, meanwhile, comes from Milan's middle-class background; she's divorced and trying to rebuild her life with her two daughters, Eva and Alice. The two meet by chance and recognize each other: they had a fling as teenagers, many years earlier. Yet first …
The story
Giulio is a widower, struggling to raise three sons, Marco, Rudi, and Mimmo, as best he can. He lives in Rome's working-class Garbatella neighborhood and runs a wine shop with his two brothers. Lucia, meanwhile, comes from Milan's middle-class background; she's divorced and trying to rebuild her life with her two daughters, Eva and Alice. The two meet by chance and recognize each other: they had a fling as teenagers, many years earlier. Yet first love is never forgotten, and so Giulio and Lucia find themselves together again. Their meeting, however, changes not only the lives of a man and a woman, but also those of two families as different as could be. Two families who find themselves living under the same roof without even having had the time to get to know each other well.
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The seasons
Season 1
Season 1
Season details
When Lucia and Giulio, former lovers, reunite after years, sparks fly and a new, chaotic extended family is born in the heart of Garbatella. Between secret loves, teenage jealousies, long-standing friendships, and everyday hassles, the Cesaronis learn to know, love, and survive under the same roof.
Season 2
Season 2
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The second season delves into the dynamics of the extended family. Marco and Eva navigate their secret love amidst countless difficulties, facing jealousy and attempts at separation. Lucia feels increasingly suffocated by the Cesaronis' intrusiveness, while Giulio tries to keep the family together. New relationships are explored, and the children grow up, facing important choices about friendship and romance.
Season 3
Season 3
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In the third season of the series, the Cesaroni brothers will face problems to solve with their usual wisdom and cheerfulness, but also pranks, challenges, and bets. Stefania and Lucia, close friends at school and in life, will also experience a thousand adventures, such as when they end up competing to determine who has the better husband, and they will do anything to win.
Season 4
Season 4
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Following the birth of Marco and Eva's baby girl, season four flashes forward a year and a half. Many things have changed in Garbatella: Marco and Eva have left for a tour, Cesare and Pamela are about to get married, and Lucia has started working in a museum in Venice, a development that doesn't please Giulio.
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Season 5
Season 5
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The fifth season of the series opens with Giulio and Mimmo returning from vacation, where they meet Lucia, who's in Rome for an art exhibition. Rudi also returns to Garbatella, having left for the summer to visit some cities alone, hoping to forget Miriam. Marco also returns, but, not wanting to live at home, he stays with an old friend.
Season 6
Season 6
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In the sixth season, Giulio is the undisputed protagonist, and all the other stories unfold around him. Lucia temporarily moves to New York to help Eva with little Marta, and Giulio, with the arrival of the other Cesaroni siblings, finds himself alone managing a family that's bigger than ever.
Season 7
The Return
Season details
In Garbatella, the Cesaronis start over, reconnecting with new relationships and old scores. Giulio holds together the house and the wine shop, amidst debts and a new business partner. Marco juggles Virginia, little Adriano, and Marta's return. Mimmo makes his debut at school as a special education teacher, while Rudi works as a janitor. Between responsibilities and mistakes, they learn to start over.
Cast
Claudio AmendolaGiulio Cesaroni
Antonello FassariCesare Cesaroni
Rita SavagnoneGabriella Lanfranchi
Matteo BranciamoreMarco Cesaroni
Niccolò CentioniRodolfo "Rudi" Cesaroni
Micol OlivieriAlice Cudicini
Federico RussoDomenico "Mimmo" Cesaroni
Elda AlviginiStefania Ansaldo
Claudia MuziiPamela Fantoni
Antonello MorroniNando
Giulia LuziJolanda "Jole" Bellavista
Emanuele VezzoliSergio Cudicini
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Alessandra MastronardiEva Cudicini
Elena Sofia RicciLucia Liguori
Max TortoraEzio Masetti
Nunzio GiulianoGian Maria "Budino" Bellavista
Antonio PetrocelliFernando Basili
Giancarlo RattiAntonio Barilon
Filippo VitteLorenzo Barilon
Cristina BignardiGermana Barilon
Ludovico FremontWalter Masetti
Angelica CinquantiniMatilde
Roberta ScardolaCarlotta Alberti
Sara MollaioliRegina Altobelli
Francesco PannofinoGianni Son Sei Magnesio · Son Sei
Massimo BaglianiPeppe
Franca AbategiovanniLa professoressa Zuppante
Luigi Di FioreFranco Benvenuti
Laura AdrianiMiriam Di Stefano
Marina NinchiMirella
Fabio GhidoniAlex Tribbiani
Alessandro ColecchiUmberto Signorile
Brando PacittoAchille
Giovanni BattezzatoCarlo
Martina ColombariRachele Diotallevi
Beniamino MarconeDiego Bucci
Alessandro TersigniFrancesco Rizzo
Giorgia SinicorniSofia
Barbara TabitaOlga Di Stefano
Marta ZoffoliEmma Di Stefano
Rocco Di GregorioGiorgio Lampini
Federico CesariAndy Di Stefano
Corrado OlmiPalmiro
Alessandro SampaoliGabriele
Lorenzo AlessandriGiuseppe Bottazzi
David SefDavid
Mario PatanèPadre · Notaio svizzero
Chiara GensiniSimona Benvenuti
Carola ClavarinoTamara Valente
Rodolfo LaganàDott. Criscuolo
Eleonora GiorgiIva Zavattini
Rosa SironiCinzia Valle
Guia JeloGodiva
Edoardo LeoStefano
Maria Luisa De CrescenzoFabiana
Margot SikabonyiLisa Bucci
Nina TorresiMaya D'Oil Aldemburger
Andrea PerroniOrazio Persichetti
Francesco GrifoniPivian Riccadonna
Luigi MontiniDottor Zorzi
Giuliana LojodiceLady Victoria
Alison AdamIngrid
Vanni CorbelliniFabrizio
David ParylaJay
Beatrice LuzziElena
Daniele La LeggiaMattia D'Elia
Nino FrassicaSalvatore Incognito
Michela AndreozziCarla Magali
Massimo MoleaAndrea
Lucrezia PiaggioVeronica
Gina RovereElvira
Luca DettoriTony Miseria
Novello NovelliDon Gervasio
Roberta AlibertiBetty
Rosario Davide RuotoloMirko
Emanuela GrimaldaBenedetta
Stefano Balgos HerreraCharlie
Gaetano CarotenutoChristian
Annunziato De LucaRiccardo Ricky Lotti
Roberta GarziaMaestra di Mimmo
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