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My Brilliant Friend

"A friendship that defined a lifetime."

8.1
4 seasons
34 episodes
Ended
Drama

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:November 27, 2018
Last Aired:December 9, 2024
Episode Runtime:57m
Networks:
Rai 1
Created By:
Saverio Costanzo

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (4)

Season 1
7.3

Season 1

8 episodes

Aired: 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
6.9

The Story of a New Name

8 episodes

Aired: 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
6.9

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

8 episodes

Aired: 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
8.0

The Story of the Lost Child

10 episodes

Aired: 2024

Production

Wildside

Fandango

The Apartment Pictures

uMedia

Mowe

Rai Fiction

HBO

Fremantle Italia

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