Boris (TV series)
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Original title | Boris |
Country of production | Italy |
original language | Italian |
Year (s) | 2007-2010 |
Production company |
Wilder for Fox International Channels Italy |
length | 25-30 minutes |
Episodes | 42 in 3 seasons |
genre | Comedy |
music | Giuliano Taviani , Carmelo Travia |
First broadcast | April 16, 2007 (Italy) on Fox Italia |
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Boris is an Italian television series that aired three seasons between 2007 and 2010. It is a metafiction , the plot takes place on the set of the (fictional) television soap Gli occhi del cuore 2 (German: The eyes of the heart, season 2 ) or in the third season on the set of the (equally fictional) hospital series Medical Dimension .
In April 2011, the film based on the series Boris - Il film was released in Italian cinemas.
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Boris is unique on Italian television, both as a metafiction and as a satirical to cynical commentary on Italian soap operas .
The title of the series refers to a goldfish , which for the soap director has the meaning of a talisman. He has a whole collection of such ornamental fish, all of which bear the names of famous tennis players. The eponymous goldfish borrowed its name from Boris Becker .
At the beginning of the 1st season, the intern Alessandro joins the team of Gli occhi del cuore 2 , he witnesses the absurdities of everyday shooting on behalf of the audience.
Web links
- Official site (Italian)
- Boris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- “Fallo un po 'a cazzo di cane!” (= German-language review of the first two seasons). In: onde , No. 30 (November 2008), pp. 16-17. (on-line)