India, Sept. 10 -- Joe Wright is no stranger to period dramas, having delivered films like Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), and Anna Karenina (2012). He is also no stranger to making projects revolving around controversial historical and political figures, with the drama Darkest Hour (based on Winston Churchill's life and times) in his oeuvre. But with Mussolini: Son of the Century, he is challenging himself anew.

The eight-episode show takes on the founder of fascism with a blunt, frantic force and dives into his psyche with innovative technical skill. Based on the 2018 novel M: Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati, the show stars Luca Marinelli as Benito Mussolini and chronicles his political and personal concerns. In an ex...