Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

"Sometimes silence is the worst crime."

2022

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

7.5(111 votes)

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Rome, 1983. After leaving a music lesson, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanishes — embroiling the Vatican in a decades-long mystery.

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