“Gina Lollobrigida: Diva Contesa,” HBO Max‘s first Italian original docuseries, has set an April 3 release date in Italy and Spain. The three-episode doc chronicles the intense legal battle that erupted over the multi-million dollar fortune of the iconic Italian actress, who died in 2023 at the age of 95.
The series — which is made by “The Great Beauty” producer Indigo Film’s unscripted unit Indigo Stories — reconstructs complex legal wranglings involving Francisco Javier Rigau, who was 34 years Lollobrigida’s junior and her longtime partner; her son Milko and nephew Dimitri Skofic; and Andrea Piazzolla, the diva’s personal assistant and manager who has been tried and convicted of stealing her wealth. Piazzolla, however, maintains his innocence, and has appealed the case which is not fully resolved.
