My Brilliant Friend
L'amica geniale
Creators:
Saverio CostanzoComposer:
Max RichterCast:
Elisa del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Luca Gallone, Fabrizia Sacchi, Antonio Milo, Antonio Pennarella, Vittorio Viviani, Gennaro Canonico, Gaia Girace (more)VOD (3)
Seasons(4) / Episodes(32)
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Season 1 (2018) - 8 episodes
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The Story of a New Name (2020) - 8 episodes
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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2022) - 8 episodes
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Season 4 (2023) - 8 episodes
Plots(1)
When the most important friend in her life seems to disappear without trace, Elena Greco, an elderly woman living in a house crammed with books, switches on her PC and starts writing her own story, and that of Lila. She tells the tale of their friendship, which started at school in the 1950s. (HBO Nordic)
Reviews of this series by the user angel74 (2)
Season 1 (2018) (S01)
I've honestly never heard of the book version of My Brilliant Friend, let alone read it. However, after watching the first season of the series, I guess I'll have to rectify that given how much I liked it. However, I am currently looking forward to the second season. Then I'll be sure to elaborate a little more.
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The Story of a New Name (2020) (S02)
I'm not sure which of the girls can be considered a genius friend, but I'm convinced from the bottom of my soul that the piano music that accompanies this compelling tale of a complicated lifelong friendship is what is genius. Composer Max Richter enchanted me with his beautiful music so much that he rightfully has an honorary place in my top list. The second season of the series is absolutely comparable in quality to the first season. In two mono-dramas, the fates of two severely tested girlfriends are explored. Although the role of the narrator is given to Elena, the audience learns two versions of the truth and thus comes face to face with the accounts of the two women, which are certainly not just black-and-white probes into poverty-ridden Neapolitan society. There is a lot of discord between dreams and reality or between love and hate, which characterizes the Italian way of life quite accurately.
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