''Devils'' ( it, Diavoli) is a financial thriller drama television series created by Alessandro Sermoneta, Mario Ruggeri, Elena Bucaccio, , Daniele Cesarano, Barbara Petronio, and Ezio Abbate for and Sky Italy. It is based on the 2014 novel of the same title by Brera. ''Devils'' is a Lux Vide and Sky Italy production in association with Orange Studio and OCS. The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on Sky Atlantic in Italy. Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.

Plot

London, 2011. Italian trader Massimo Ruggero is the Head of Trading at the New York London Investment Bank (NYL). While the

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is raging in Europe, Massimo is making hundreds of millions for NYL out of speculation. As his mentor Dominic Morgan, the American CEO of NYL and the nearest to a father that Massimo has ever had, fully supports him, the talented trader seems to be the first choice in the run for vice-CEO. However, when Massimo is involved in a painful scandal that sees his estranged wife playing an escort, Dominic denies him the promotion, choosing the old-school banker Edward Stuart instead. Massimo is left astounded – his mentor turned his back on him. Convinced that the scandal was a set-up, Massimo is determined to seek the truth but when Edward suddenly dies, Massimo realizes that something bigger is at stake. With the help of his trading team and a group of hacktivists, Massimo will discover the hidden agenda behind apparently unrelated events, such as the Strauss-Kahn scandal, the

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, and the crisis of the PIIGS. Facing the devils who pull the strings of the world, Massimo will have to choose whether to fight them or to join them.

Cast and characters

Main

* Alessandro Borghi as Massimo Ruggero * Laia Costa as Sofia Flores * Kasia Smutniak as Nina Morgan * Malachi Kirby as Oliver Harris * Lars Mikkelsen as Daniel Duval *

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as Eleanor Bourg * Paul Chowdhry as Kalim Chowdrey * Sallie Harmsen as Carrie Price *Harry Michell as Paul McGuinnan * Patrick Dempsey as Dominic Morgan

Recurring

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as Edward Stuart *Nathalie Rapti Gomez as Kate Baker * Jemma Powell as Claire Stuart *Lorna Brown as Vicky Bale *Maximilian Dirr as Karl Haufman *Tom McKay as Chris Bailey *Anthony Souter as BBC reporter * Chris Reilly as Alex Vance *Christina Andrea Rosamilia as a transgender person

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1 (2020)

Series 2 (2022)

Distribution

The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on Sky Atlantic in Italy, 18 April 2020 on OCS in France, 16 September 2020 on W Network in Canada, and 7 October 2020 on

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in the United States.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Sky Atlantic 2020 Italian television series debuts 2020s Italian drama television series English-language television shows Financial thrillers Sky Atlantic (Italy) television programmes Television shows based on Italian novels Television shows set in Italy Television shows set in London