{{Short description|2025 Italian television miniseries}} {{Infobox television | image = Sicily Express Locandina.jpg | caption = | native_name = ''Sicilia Express'' | genre = Comedy | runtime = | creator = Ficarra e Picone | based_on = | director = Ficarra e Picone | executive_producer = | producer = {{Plainlist| *Attilio De Razza *Nicola Picone }} | cinematography = | writer = {{Plainlist| *Ficarra e Picone *Fabrizio Cestaro *Nicola Guaglianone *Fabrizio Testini }} | starring = {{Plainlist| *Salvatore Ficarra *Valentino Picone *Katia Follesa *Barbara Tabita *Max Tortora }} | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = {{Plainlist| *Paolo Buonvino *Vittorio Giannelli }} | country = Italy | language = Italian | company = Tramp Limited | network = Netflix | first_aired = {{Start date|2025|12|5|df=y}} | last_aired = | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 5 | related = }}
'''''Sicily Express''''' is an Italian television miniseries created by Ficarra e Picone. It was internationally released on Netflix on 5 December 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2025/goofy-italian-comedy-sicily-express-trailer-a-magical-garbage-bin/|title=Goofy Italian Comedy 'Sicily Express' Trailer - A Magical Garbage Bin|first=Alex|last=Billington|date=14 November 2025|work=Firstshowing}}</ref>
The series, produced by Tramp Limited, combines fantasy elements with a Christmas setting, offering an ironic and critical look at Southern Italian society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taxidrivers.it/494375/serie-tv/netflix-serie-tv/sicilia-express-la-miniserie-che-toglie-il-velo.html|title='Sicilia express': la miniserie che toglie il velo|date=28 November 2025|first=Doriana|last=Gatta|work=Taxi Drivers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=Sky TG24|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/serie-tv/2025/12/04/sicilia-express-serie-ficarra-picone|title='Sicilia Express', cosa sappiamo sulla nuova serie di Ficarra e Picone|date=4 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2025/12/04/news/ficarra_picone_intervista_sicilia_express_netflix-425020007/|title=Ficarra e Picone: "La nostra commedia sul Sud, anche se non c'è niente da ridere"|first=Arianna|last=Finos|work=la Repubblica|date=4 December 2025}}</ref>
==Plot== Salvo and Valentino are two Sicilian nurses working in a Milan clinic, commuting between Sicily and Milan on low-cost flights. Their medical director, a Calabrian who pretends to be Milanese, constantly hinders their attempts to return home. One night, thanks to a wish made by Valentino's daughter, they discover a magical dumpster that teleports them from Piazza del Duomo in Milan to their hometown in Sicily, and back again.
==Cast== ===Main=== *Salvatore Ficarra as Salvo *Valentino Picone as Valentino *Katia Follesa as Claudia *Barbara Tabita as Maria Teresa *Max Tortora as the prime minister of Italy
===Recurring=== *Sergio Vastano as Sergio Perrone, the medical director *Enrico Bertolino as Enrico, the Milanese doctor *Adelaide Massari as Aurora, Valentino's daughter *Angelo Tosto as Mr. Giacalone, a Sicilian patient in Milan *Giorgio Tirabassi as Alfredo, a police detective *Angelo Pisani as Andrea, a Milanese nurse *Alessia Spinelli as Luisa, a Milanese nurse *Alessandro Idonea as Giulio Giacalone, a police officer and Giacalone's son *Gianni Federico as Ferdinando, a Sicilian man working in Milan *Giovanna Criscuolo as Giovanna, a Sicilian woman working in Milan *Vincenzo Ficarra as Mario, a Sicilian boy working in Milan *Miriam Galanti as Miriam, the gate attendant *Luigi Maria Rausa as Uzeda, the prime minister's secretary *Barbara Gallo as Amanda, Valentino's mother-in-law *Mimmo Mignemi as Carmelo, Valentino's father-in-law *Marco Basile as Guglielmo, Claudia's ex-boyfriend *Anna Melato as Mrs. Elvira, the landlady *Pino Calabrese as the Head of Forensics
===Guest=== *Gioele Dix as the man walking his dog in Milan *Jerry Calà as the minister of the Interior of Italy *Enrico Mentana as himself
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Category:Italian comedy television series Category:Italian-language television shows Category:Television shows set in Milan Category:Television shows set in Sicily Category:Netflix original programming