Biography

Federico Cesari is a young and talented Italian actor from Rome who debuted in television when he was a child, participating in well-known and successful Rai series. His passion for acting goes hand in hand with his medical degree where he is close to graduating. He achieved success when he played Martino Rametta in Skam Italia, a TV series aired on TIMvision and later distributed by Netflix. His character, a young guy discovering himself, has been an inspiration to many people. Federico is very sensitive to social and environmental issues. He collaborated for two consecutive years with the great master of Italian cinema, Pupi Avati. We will see him in the first Italian Amazon Original film, Anni da Cane, directed by Fabio Mollo and coming this fall on Amazon Prime Video.
- IMDb mini biography by: Volver - actor's agent

While it's true that in Norway homophobia is not as prominent as in Italy, I think it has been important to show the story between Martino and Niccolò for what it is: a normal love story. It helps normalizing it and makes people understand that the love between two boys is the same as the love between a girl and a boy.

In Italy it's rare that teenagers get shown in this way, it's really rare. Usually series tend to judge them or to have someone explains them their mistakes. Instead in Skam Italia, teenagers face reality, live reality, interact with each other, grow, but they don't get judged, there isn't a grown up eye that observes them and judges them.