Domenico Diele returns to the big screens of Italian television, with the leading role on Rai 1 with the series La Luce nella Masseria. The film set in Matera tells the arrival of television in the 60s. The 38-year-old actor leaves behind a bad episode from 2017, which shattered his career, where he ended up in the chronicles following his involvement in a serious road accident on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria, which caused the death of a woman.
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The career
The actor born in 1985, born in Siena made his debut on television in 2009 in the series of 'Un medico in Famiglia' and 'Don Matteo', in the cinema always in the same year with 'Questo piccolo grande amore'. Domenico Diele, in 2012, was particularly appreciated in his interpretation of the film 'A.C.A.B' (All Cops Are Bastards) by Stefano Sollima alongside Pierfrancesco Favino and the miniseries 'L'ultimo papa re' by Luca Manfredi alongside Gigi Proietti.
From 2012 onwards, he became the author of great interpretations both on the small and big screen with 'Paura 3D' by Manetti Bros., 'Adriano Olivetti La forza di un sogno', '1992' and 'Non Uccidere', but also 'La Foresta di Ghiaccio' by Claudio Noce, 'Mia Madre' by Nanni Moretti and 'Io e Lei' by Maria Sole Tognazzi. The criticism had described the actor as: 'Clean face, big clear eyes and good guy smile'. It seemed to be the birth of a new star then but from 2017 something will happen that will totally change the life of the actor.
The accident
On June 24, 2017, the actor was involved in a serious road accident on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria, which caused the death of Ilaria Dilillo, a 48-year-old woman who was returning home with her scooter: Diele was arrested on charges of road homicide, two years later he was sentenced in the first instance to seven years and eight months, then reduced to five years and 10 months. At the time of the facts the actor found not only positive to the toxicological test but also driving the car with a suspended license issued the following statements: 'I am addicted to heroin, but the drug has nothing to do with the accident. I got distracted with the cell phone, I'm guilty, I'll scream my guilt with all my strength. I have no excuses, I made a mistake and I have to pay. I only have work, and if I come out of this story with my career destroyed I won't have that either. It is right that I pay for what I have done, but not that I am painted as a criminal'.
The rebirth
His first reappearance on the big screen, not without controversy, dates back to 2021, in the series 'Buongiorno,Mamma!' with Raoul Bova and Maria Chiara Giannetta. The production company that hired Domenico Diele had to issue a statement to clarify: 'In relation to some requests received from the press, Lux Vide specifies that Domenico Diele was hired as an actor by a free person and not yet definitively sentenced to serve the sentence. The Italian Constitution establishes the principle of non-guilt until a final sentence of conviction, which occurred at a later time to the shooting of the series. Domenico Diele, moreover, is a good actor and was chosen because he was considered suitable to interpret the role. In any case, Lux Vide believes in the rehabilitative value of the sentence also provided for by the Italian Constitution (art. 27, co. 3)'.
The official consecration takes place in 2023 with the sentence now served, he is hired by Rai 1 as the protagonist in the series La Luce nella Masseria and aired on January 7 to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of Italian television. Domenico Diele plays the role of Vincenzo a sunny, vital, cheerful type, loved by women, respected by father and brothers and adored by grandchildren, Pinuccio above all. Because if there is a prank to be done, it is from him that you have to go, reads in the description of the character, has all the characteristics to become the leader of the family, keep it united. But fate has in store for him an adventure that bears the name of a terrible disease: multiple sclerosis. Vincenzo feels 'defective' and will have to learn that he is not his disease and that, even in a wheelchair, he deserves to be loved and that he can continue to be the sunny, vital and cheerful person he has always been a capable leader of keeping the family together.
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