Director: Fiorella Infascelli

Cast: Sergio Rubini, Massimo Popolizio, Roberta Riganò, Claudio Bigagli, Stefania Blandeburgo

La camera di consiglio is a 2025 Italian courtroom drama directed by Fiorella Infascelli, set inside the sealed deliberation room of the historic 1987 Maxi Trial in Palermo — the largest anti-mafia criminal proceeding in Italian history — where eight ordinary citizens must weigh the fates of 470 accused members of Cosa Nostra.

What is La camera di consiglio about?

Palermo, 1987. The Maxi Trial has reached its climactic final phase. Eight jurors — four women and four men — are escorted into a locked deliberation chamber and told they will remain isolated from the outside world until a verdict is reached. Over the course of thirty-six days, this small group of strangers must confront an almost impossible burden: deciding the guilt or innocence of hundreds of men alleged to be part of the Sicilian Mafia. Confined together under immense pressure, the jurors begin to reveal their fears, their doubts, and their personal moral codes. Alliances form and fracture. Consciences are tested. The film follows what unfolds between those four walls, where justice, courage, and the weight of history collide in ways none of the eight anticipated.

Cast & crew

The film is directed by Fiorella Infascelli, an Italian filmmaker known for documentary and narrative work engaging with justice and memory. The ensemble cast includes Sergio Rubini and Massimo Popolizio, both accomplished stage and screen actors in Italian cinema, alongside Roberta Riganò, Claudio Bigagli, Stefania Blandeburgo, Anna Della Rosa, Rosario Lisma, and Betti Pedrazzi — a group of performers bringing distinct textures to eight tightly drawn characters.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking diaspora viewers who lived through or carry memories of closed-room political and judicial proceedings, La camera di consiglio offers a resonant window into how ordinary people respond under institutional pressure. The film draws on a real historical event — the 1986–1987 Maxi Trial, in which Italian authorities prosecuted nearly five hundred alleged Mafia figures simultaneously — making it both a legal thriller and a meditation on civic duty. Italian courtroom drama has long explored themes of institutional fragility and personal courage that cross cultural lines. This title is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible to Farsi-speaking audiences without subtitles.

Where & how to watch

La camera di consiglio is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, so you can follow every moment in Farsi. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.