My Brilliant Friend
Original Title: L'amica geniale
Tagline: A friendship that defined a lifetime.
First aired: 2018-11-18
Synopsis
When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.
Creators
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Casting
- Gaia GiraceLila Cerullo
- Margherita MazzuccoElena Greco
- Matteo CecchiPietro Airota
Season 1
Based on the international best-selling novel, when the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, starts writing the story of their friendship.
Number of episodes 8
The Story of a New Name
Based on the second book of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, 'The Story of a New Name', this second series sees Lila And Elena both feeling dissatisfied with their lives. Longing for escapism, a trip away threatens to destroy the very nature of their friendship and sends the two young women into very different worlds.
Number of episodes 8
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Season 3 picks up with Elena and Lila, both now grown women, during the great open sea of the 1970s. Lila took her young son and left her husband and a comfortable life to work as a factory worker in the toughest of conditions, while Elena left the neighborhood to study in Pisa, and is now an author of a successful novel that has paved the way to an affluent and cultivated world. They now navigate a scenario of hopes and uncertainties, still united by their strong and ambivalent bond.
Number of episodes 8