Director: Michele Alhaique
Cast: Marco Giallini, Adriano Giannini, Valentina Bellè, Pierluigi Gigante, Fabrizio Nardi
Public Disorder (A C A B La serie) is a 2025 Italian crime-drama series directed by Michele Alhaique, following the fractured lives of a riot police unit caught between the brutality of street duty and the weight of their personal crises — a gritty, unsparing portrait of law enforcement on the edge.
What is Public Disorder (A C A B La serie) about?
When a single violent incident tears through the ranks of an Italian riot squad, the fallout exposes fault lines that had been simmering for years. Each officer carries private burdens — broken relationships, financial pressures, unresolved anger — that the relentless pace of crowd-control policing refuses to let them set aside. As the unit scrambles to contain public unrest, the real disorder is unfolding inside the team itself. Loyalties are tested, command structures buckle, and the line between enforcer and aggressor grows dangerously blurred. The series builds its tension not through spectacle but through character, charting how institutional pressure and personal failings collide in men and women who are simultaneously feared and forgotten.
Cast & crew
Director Michele Alhaique brings a documentarian's eye to the material, grounding the action in procedural authenticity. Marco Giallini anchors the ensemble as the unit's weathered veteran, while Adriano Giannini and Valentina Bellè add layers of moral ambiguity to their officers. Pierluigi Gigante, Fabrizio Nardi, Donatella Finocchiaro, Federico Mainardi, and Daniele Natali round out a deep ensemble where every face carries a backstory.
Context & significance
Italian crime drama has long resonated with Persian-speaking audiences abroad who appreciate storytelling rooted in social realism — shows that treat police not as heroes or villains but as flawed human beings trapped inside rigid systems. Public Disorder sits in a tradition alongside gritty European procedurals that examine institutional rot and working-class strain. For diaspora viewers who grew up watching dubbed Italian and European series on satellite, this is familiar territory elevated by sharp contemporary writing. The series arrives on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible whether you prefer to watch in your native language or follow the original Italian performances.
Where & how to watch
Public Disorder is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Stream every episode on the web, on your smart TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no extra download, no geo-blocking. Subscribe once and cancel anytime.