The three-episode docuseries by Netflix recounts the rise and fall of Alberto Genovese, the “king of start-ups”, convicted of violence and drugs. His Milanese penthouse is the protagonist between the silence of the pandemic and the excesses of the parties
A view breathtaking on the Cathedral Of Milanto enjoy during the party private with a cocktail in one hand and a canapé in the other. Too bad that in that drink there was also some drug. This was the modus operandi of Alberto Genovesethe Milanese digital entrepreneur arrested in 2020 for drugging and raped a girl in his super penthouse. Precisely that apartment with a view of the Duomo, nicknamed Terrace Sentimentogives its name to the new one Netflix docuseries in three episodeswith its debut set for Wednesday November 5 2025.
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The judicial case
The docuseries tells the story ofascent and the fall of what was called the “Italian king of start-ups“, founder of Facile.it And Prima Insurance. Genovese was arrested for the first time in 2020 on charges of dealing And abuse sexual assault against an eighteen-year-old who had attended the parties in the attic. It was just the tip of the iceberg: further investigations and the multiplication of complaints revealed a system made up of parties extremes, cocaine, violence And torture that came and went movies always in the luxurious Milanese apartment. In 2022 Genoese is sentenced to 6 years and 11 months of imprisonment, while embarking on a journey of detox. In the meantime, many of the proceedings against him are coming archived due to lack of evidence.
The Milanese context and artificial intelligence
The series is created and written by Alessandro Garramone together with Davide Bandiera And Annalisa Reggiwhile the direction is entrusted to Nicola Prosatorerecognized for directing the film Very quietly. A distinctive element is the use ofartificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the scenes set in the attic, based on judicial documents and sources. The production deemed it avoidable to show the real images captured by Genovese’s surveillance system.
In truth there are girlsthe victims of the abuse system often blamed for what happened, and the same Alberto Genovese, unrecognizable. And then there is Milana city suffering at the time of the events, with a pandemic COVID-19 which made it silent. Except for that one Terrace Sentimentowhere parties and violence never stopped.
