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My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L'amica geniale) is an Italian - and Neapolitan -language coming-of-age drama television series created by Saverio Costanzo for HBO, RAI, and TIMvision.
- Neapolitan Novels
The Neapolitan Novels, also known as the Neapolitan Quartet,...
- Neapolitan Novels
Set primarily in a working-class neighborhood of Naples during the 1950s, My Brilliant Friend chronicles the complex friendship between Elena Greco (called Lenù) and Raffaella Cerullo (known as Lila). The novel opens in 2010 with Elena, now in her sixties, learning of Lila's disappearance.
Sep 10, 2024 · Clare Thorp. HBO. As the final season of the HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels begins this week, why has the show not received the plaudits – and the viewership – it deserves?
Filmed in Italian, the eight-episode drama centers on elderly author Elena Greco, who learns that the most important friend in her life, Lila Cerullo, has disappeared without a trace.
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- Saverio Costanzo
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- Margherita Mazzucco
Mar 13, 2020 · Elena (Margherita Mazzucco), nervous about going to a party at her intimidating professor’s house, rifles through the lavish closet of her best friend, Lila (Gaia Girace).
- Caroline Framke
Nov 14, 2018 · ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Review: Ferrante Adaptation Packs an Emotional Wallop. HBO's gorgeous limited series based on Italian author Elena Ferrante's acclaimed book follows a passionate and...
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Elena, a writer in her 60s, is inspired to write the story of her childhood and her dearest friend when that friend goes missing. She begins in her tale in post-WWII Naples, in the small impoverished town where she first met Lila Cerullo, who would become the most influential person in her life.
