My Brilliant Friend

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HBO, Netflix | Drama |

RT Critics’ Score: 97%
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Series Info

Pseudonymous author Elena Ferrante has written four mega-popular Neapolitan novels that explore the complicated intensity of female friendship. “My Brilliant Friend” is the first in the series, and also the first to be adapted for television. 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. It causes Elena to reflect on the early days of their friendship in dangerous but fascinating Naples, Italy, in the 1950s, when Elena and Lila are two very different girls at the top of their class. The story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives as Elena tries to describe the mystery of Lila.
Starring: Margherita Mazzucco, Gaia Girace, Elisa del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Valentina Acca

Production Company(ies)
Foreign Language, Netflix

Year of Release

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Language(s): Italian
Country of origin: United States, Italy
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Genre(s)
Drama, Epic, Literary Adaptation, Music, Period Piece, Relationship Drama, Teen, War

Keyword(s)
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Budget and Earnings Details

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Cast & Crew
Margherita Mazzucco
Mazzucco
Elena as Teenager
Gaia Girace Girace
Lila Elisa del Genio Genio
Child
Ludovica Nasti Nasti
Valentina Acca Acca
Nunzia Cerullo
Antonio Buonanno Buonanno
Fernando Cerullo

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Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)