[3] Antonia's picture perfect life takes an unexpected and tragic turn when her husband Massimo dies in a serious traffic accident.

Margaret Lyons of The New York Times stated, "This gorgeous Italian drama (in Italian, with English subtitles) is the pleasurable kind of sad, not the miserable kind; prepare to shed sensual, pensive tears, perhaps over the real estate alone.

When Massimo (Luca Argentero) dies in a motorcycle crash, he leaves behind both a stunned widow and a devastated boyfriend.

"[4] Mikelle Street of Out, asserted, "Over eight episodes in its first season, we are invited into the home of this family, sometimes through the eyes of Antonia who finds even herself under the house's seductive gravitational pull.

"[5] The Ignorant Angels was nominated for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series at the 34th GLAAD Media Awards.