About Mina Settembre
Mina Settembre is a warm, sun-drenched Italian dramedy produced by Rai Fiction and IIF for RAI 1, set among the alleys, stairways, and seafront of Naples. At its heart is Gelsomina Settembre, known to everyone as Mina, a big-hearted social worker at a neighborhood clinic who cannot help throwing herself into the lives of the people who come through her door. Whether the case is a frightened teenager, a struggling family, or a quarrel that has split a household in two, Mina meets it with stubborn optimism, a quick tongue, and a refusal to look away.
Adapted from the novels of Maurizio de Giovanni, the series balances the everyday weight of social work with a lighter, almost romantic-comedy energy at home. Mina has recently moved back in with her elegant, exasperating mother Olga, whose meddling and secrets keep the household lively, and she finds herself caught between two very different men: the easygoing, kindhearted gynecologist Domenico, called Mimmo, and her composed, complicated estranged husband Claudio, a lawyer who keeps drifting back into her orbit. The push and pull of that triangle gives the show its sparkle without ever crowding out its bigger subject.
Carried by Serena Rossi's beloved, instantly likable lead performance, Mina Settembre became one of RAI 1's signature feel-good Sunday-night successes, praised for its affectionate portrait of Naples and its generous view of community. Treated in a clean, family-friendly style, the series uses each self-contained case to explore kindness, second chances, and the messy business of caring for other people, while Mina slowly learns to take her own happiness as seriously as everyone else's.
