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My Brilliant Friend

2018

2018 57 min. 18+

Drama

In 1960s Naples, Elena Greco grows up in a poor neighborhood where her friendship with the sharp-witted Lila Cerullo becomes central to both girls’ lives. Elena, the daughter of a porter, and Lila, whose father is a shoemaker, support and challenge each other as they try to find their place in a community shaped by poverty and strict expectations. Years later, an older Elena begins writing about their friendship after Lila disappears without a trace, returning to the experiences that defined their relationship.

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TMDB score 8.1/ 10 244 ratings

Country United States of America, Italy, Belgium

Release date Nov 27, 2018

Seasons 4 seasons

Episodes 34 episodes

Series status Ended

Commitment Long watch

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My Brilliant Friend episodes

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Season 1

Season 1

Completed

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.

8 Episodes Nov 27, 2018 - Dec 18, 2018 58 min

S1 E5

The Shoes

Dec 11, 2018 55 min

S1 E6

The Island

Dec 11, 2018 59 min

S1 E7

The Fiances

Dec 18, 2018 60 min

S1 E8

The Promise

Dec 18, 2018 61 min

The Story of a New Name

The Story of a New Name

Completed

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.

8 Episodes Feb 10, 2020 - Mar 2, 2020 61 min

S2 E5

The Betrayal

Feb 24, 2020 62 min

S2 E6

Rage

Feb 24, 2020 64 min

S2 E7

The Secret Notebooks

Mar 2, 2020 59 min

S2 E8

The Blue Fairy

Mar 2, 2020 70 min

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Completed

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.

8 Episodes Feb 6, 2022 - Feb 27, 2022 54 min

S3 E5

Terror

Feb 20, 2022 53 min

S3 E6

Becoming

Feb 20, 2022 53 min

S3 E7

Try Again

Feb 27, 2022 46 min

S3 E8

Those Who Leave, Those Who Stay

Feb 27, 2022 74 min

The Story of the Lost Child

The Story of the Lost Child

Completed

10 Episodes Nov 11, 2024 - Dec 9, 2024 54 min

S4 E7

The Return

Dec 2, 2024 55 min

S4 E8

The Investigation

Dec 2, 2024 51 min

S4 E9

The Disappearance

Dec 9, 2024 55 min

S4 E10

The Restitution

Dec 9, 2024 65 min

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