After the success of Flowers above hell of 2023, the commissioner Teresa Battaglia returns to investigate a new, intricate and mysterious case, in the heart of the Friulian mountains of Val Resia.
The second season of the TV series, entitled Sleeping nymph – The cases of Teresa Battagliain three episodes, is broadcast on Rai 1 starting from Monday 28 October 2024with the first episode available from Saturday 26 October on RaiPlay.
The plot of “Sleeping Nymph – The Cases of Teresa Battaglia”
The body of the young policewoman Marta Trevisan is found lifeless, and everything seems to indicate suicide: a gunshot to the heart. But Teresa Battaglia, intuitive and tenacious, senses something disturbing and is convinced that it is a disguised murder.
Marta, shortly before her death, was looking for the truth about her father, accused of killing his lover Hanna, originally from Val Resia. During the investigation, Teresa discovers that Marta owned a painting lost over time, the Sleeping Nymph. And enigmatic and disturbing portraitpainted with human blood, portraying a young woman with an ethereal face, whose name has been lost to history.
But what is the connection between Marta’s death and the portrait of this woman killed in 1945? Which dark secrets did he bring this painting with him, so much so that it transformed Marta’s search for truth into a deadly labyrinth? Teresa, immersed in a plot full of enigmas and shadows from the past, will have to untie all the knots to get to a truth that has been buried for decades.
This is the common thread of Sleeping Nymph – The cases of Teresa Battagliaa TV series based on the novel of the same name by Ilaria Tuti, which promises to keep the audience in suspense, wrapped in the mystery and cruel beauty of the mountains.
Where it was filmed: the locations
The three new episodes of the compelling TV series were filmed between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, with interior shots in Rome, while, as regards the exterior scenes, the backdrop is fascinating locations of the Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Here’s what they are, starting from Malborghetto-Valbruna: beautiful mountain resort not far from the ski resorts of Tarvisio, at the foot of the Julian Alps, it is the perfect destination for excursions, snowshoeing and trekking. Worth seeing is the Ethnographic Museum, custodian of traditions, environmental peculiarities and history of the area of the Intermunicipal Territorial Union of Canale del Ferro – Valcanale.
Frame for the “Sleeping Nymph” is also Tarvisioamong the most important ski centers in the region, in the embrace of the thousand-year-old Tarvisio Forest (24,000 hectares) and a pilgrimage destination thanks to the presence of the Sanctuary of Monte Lussari. But that’s not all: if in the summer it is ideal for trekking, horseback riding and mountain bike trails, during the winter it becomes a skiers’ paradise with cross-country trails surrounded by magical woods and long descents that leave you breathless.
Again, in Val Canale, we find Camporossofrom which the cable car takes you to the 1,789 meters of Mount Lussari, and then Predil Cavesalong the Rio del Lago valley, whose origins are linked to the mining activity that began in Roman times: in this regard, not to be missed is the Mining Museum and the International Geomining Park where parts of safe tunnels are accessible.
We then move on to Fusine in Valromanathe hamlet of Tarvisio famous for the two magnificent ones Fusine lakesthe Upper Lake and the Lower Lake, of glacial origin, among the greatest examples of alpine lakes in Europe, and Valbrunaa hamlet of Malborghetto-Valbruna, embraced by the Lussari mountains, from which you can reach Malga Saisera and various refuges with incredible views of the Julian Alps.
Finally, the second season of the Rai series saw as location Chiusafortethe municipality of springs and waterfalls, among beech woods, rocky amphitheaters and historical testimonies such as the Col Badin Fortress, the War museums and the Trench of the Ponte delle Lastre, and Udinewhere the points of interest are notable. Any examples? The city lounge of Piazza Matteotti, the enchanting Piazza della Libertà, Casa Cavazzini, a museum of modern and contemporary art, and the Castle Museums.
