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.
StatusReturning Series
TypeScripted
Original LanguageItalian
Network
Season 1 of My Brilliant Friend premiered on November 27, 2018
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.
The Story of a New Name of My Brilliant Friend premiered on February 10, 2020
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.
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay of My Brilliant Friend premiered on February 6, 2022
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.
The Story of the Lost Child of My Brilliant Friend premiered on November 11, 2024
Alba Rohrwacher
Elena Greco
Irene Maiorino
Lila Cerullo
Fabrizio Gifuni
Nino Sarratore