MILLENNIALS is a contemporary dramedy that candidly explores the relationships,

vulnerabilities and contradictions of a generation that has reached adulthood while still trying to

find its place in the world. Amid unresolved romances, friendships, sexuality, mental health,

loneliness, family ties and social media, Irene and her friends try to understand who they are and

how much they are willing to sacrifice in order to feel loved. With an ironic yet never superficial

gaze, the series also explores the dynamics of control and manipulation that can gradually seep

into relationships, revealing how difficult they can be to recognize once they become part of

everyday life.

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MILLENNIALS is a contemporary dramedy that candidly explores the relationships,

vulnerabilities and contradictions of a generation that has reached adulthood while still trying to

find its place in the world. Amid unresolved romances, friendships, sexuality, mental health,

loneliness, family ties and social media, Irene and her friends try to understand who they are and

how much they are willing to sacrifice in order to feel loved. With an ironic yet never superficial

gaze, the series also explores the dynamics of control and manipulation that can gradually seep

into relationships, revealing how difficult they can be to recognize once they become part of

everyday life. At the heart of the story is Irene, an ironic, instinctive and contradictory singer

trying to relaunch her career while dealing with health issues that often impose limits on her and

a complicated love life. Following the end of her long relationship with Michael, Irene tries to

reclaim her independence, but her bond with her ex continues to resurface through jealousy,

belittling, control and repeated attempts to occupy a space in her life that she no longer wants to

give him. From the earliest episodes, Irene explicitly asserts her right to make her own decisions,

while Michael struggles to accept the separation and continues to challenge her choices.

Meanwhile, new attractions further complicate the picture. Eduardo, her next-door neighbor,

gradually becomes something more than a casual encounter, yet their relationship develops

within an ambiguous space shaped by desire, proclaimed freedom, jealousy and fear of

commitment. Other encounters continually force Irene to question the difference between feeling

free and actually being able to choose freely. Around her moves a true generational ensemble.

Giovanni, her best friend, searches for a relationship capable of moving beyond casual

encounters and, over the course of the season, finds himself confronting people and situations

that challenge the categories through which he has always understood himself and others. In

Episode 9, he articulates one of the series’ central ideas: before finding a label, one must first

understand who one wants to become. Anna and Michele form another of the season’s most

recognizable narrative arcs: what begins as conflict in the digital world develops into a real

relationship. Yet their relationship is constantly shaped by the boundary between public identity

and private life, jealousy, trust and the need to be seen for who they really are. Anna’s social-

media presence and Michele’s personal difficulties prevent their story from becoming a

conventional romantic comedy. Elena moves through unsuccessful dates and new experiences

that lead her to question identity and desire. Lorenzo struggles to accept the end of his long

relationship with Sara and must learn that loving someone can also mean letting them go.

Francesca, more disenchanted and pragmatic, moves through relationships that repeatedly force

her to confront nostalgia, desire and independence. The adult characters are not merely

background figures. Nino, Maria and the various family members bring different generations

into dialogue, reflecting different experiences of stability, work and independence. In Episode 9,

a conversation between Nino and Maria makes one of the series’ generational divides explicit:

for younger people, employment and financial independence can no longer be taken for granted

as automatic milestones of adulthood. Across Rome, apartments, bars, parties, the Lungotevere,

the Tuscan countryside and trips to the sea, MILLENNIALS alternates direct dialogue, everyday

comedy, music and more intimate moments. In several episodes, its predominantly realistic

language opens into dreamlike, musical and choreographed sequences, allowing dreams,

landscapes and movement to become narrative tools.

Page of 3 8Alongside its different romantic storylines, the season gradually develops a darker theme: how difficult it can be to recognize a dysfunctional relationship once control, jealousy and

manipulation have become normalized. The series does not portray this mechanism through one

isolated “event,” but through accumulation: small intrusions into personal boundaries, criticism,

demands, guilt, reconciliations and renewed promises. This progression gives the season finale

its significance. In Tropea, Michael succeeds in presenting himself to their friends as reassuring

and apparently changed, while in private Irene experiences the return of the same dynamics.

Giovanni even begins to reconsider his opinion of Michael, unaware of what Irene is actually

going through. The contrast between public image and private reality therefore pushes one of the

season’s central themes to its extreme. At the same time, Irene’s professional journey continues

to evolve. Music gradually becomes the one space in which she can fully recognize herself: an

encounter with an American producer opens up a new artistic direction, and in Episode 9 she is

offered the opportunity to take part in a major international music event. MILLENNIALS

ultimately portrays a generation that communicates constantly yet often struggles to truly listen;

that claims freedom while continuing to seek belonging; and that must learn to distinguish

between what it desires, what it accepts and what it is no longer willing to tolerate.

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THE HEART OF THE SERIES

A generational dramedy that explores, with irony and realism, what happens when freedom,

desire, identity and the need for love collide, revealing from within how control and

manipulation can gradually seep into a relationship until they become difficult to recognize even

for the person experiencing them.

TONE AND EDITORIAL IDENTITY

MILLENNIALS is a contemporary, urban, ensemble-driven generational dramedy built around

the balance between irony, realism and emotional intensity. The series observes its characters

without judging them, allowing them to contradict themselves, make mistakes, desire and change

within relationships that are often difficult to define. Its language is direct, everyday and close to

the spontaneity of real conversation. The comedy arises primarily from the relationships between

the characters, their reactions and the absurdities of contemporary life, while the drama gradually

emerges from the emotional consequences of their choices. Alongside a predominantly realistic

mise-en-scène, some episodes open the narrative into musical, dreamlike and subjective

sequences in which landscape, body, movement and music become part of the storytelling. The

result is a generational story that is accessible without being simplistic, capable of addressing

intimate and social themes without sacrificing lightness, contradiction or the vitality of its

characters.

Page of 4 8AUDIENCE AFFINITIES / COMPARABLE

TITLES

In terms of audience, sensibility and contemporary language, MILLENNIALS can resonate with

viewers of international generational series such as Girls, Valeria, Sex Education and Euphoria.

While sharing with these titles an interest in relationships, identity, sexuality, desire and

contemporary vulnerability, the series creates a broad thematic universe in which romance,

mental health, family, digital identity, loneliness, professional ambition and psychological

dynamics coexist within the same ensemble narrative.

CENTRAL THEMES OF THE SERIES

Gender-Based Violence, Control and Psychological Manipulation.

Rather than focusing only on the overt act, the series explores how these dynamics become

normalized. The Irene–Michael relationship develops through belittling, jealousy, violations of

personal boundaries and an alternating cycle of conflict and reconciliation, culminating in the

contrast between what others perceive and what Irene actually experiences. This psychological

progression allows the series to approach the subject from within rather than through an overtly

didactic representation.

Emotional Freedom and Responsibility.

Irene/Eduardo, Irene/Jose, Sara/Elena/Lorenzo and other storylines repeatedly raise the same

question: declaring oneself free does not mean being immune from the emotional consequences

of one’s choices.

Identity and Self-Definition.

This theme is particularly central to Elena, Giovanni and Leonardo. The season resists the

pressure to assign an immediate label and instead approaches identity as an evolving process.

Digital Identity and Real Identity.

Anna and Michele form the clearest expression of this theme, but it runs throughout the series:

profiles, reputation, social media, published content and carefully constructed online images

continually collide with private vulnerability.

Generational Precarity.

Work, money, independence, housing and the future become almost the generational thesis of

Episode 9. Irene describes herself as simultaneously lacking love, financial stability, employment

and health.

Health and Invisible Vulnerability.

Irene’s health is not simply a narrative obstacle; it becomes part of the distance between how she

appears to others and what she carries with her every day.

Page of 5 8Family and Generational Models.

Parents and older adults are not necessarily more “settled” than the younger characters. They

often project models, expectations and fears onto a generation living under very different

economic, emotional and social conditions.

Artistic Ambition and Reinvention.

Music prevents Irene’s arc from being defined exclusively through the men in her life. It is

essential to her journey: the season’s true positive axis is the construction of a future that belongs

to her.

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PRODUCTION 

LULIFILM 

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DISTRIBUTION

• Italy, France & other European/non-European countries: RAI COM

• Spain, Portugal & Latin America: MEDITERRÁNEO (MEDIASET ESPAÑA

GROUP)

• USA LULIFILM

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