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My Brilliant Friend - Season 1
A realistic drama we live through that woman who is called to us and is an elderly woman who lives her life beside her only friend in her life. After a while, things change when her most important friend disappears in her life, as Elena Greco tries to bring back memories of that true friendship. She started to write down the story of their friendship that was not repeated and perhaps she could not forget it.
October 18, 1955 in Settimo Torinese, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
November 15, 2018
"My Brilliant Friend"...is exquisite.
November 16, 2018
It made me feel sad for the loss of a place I've never been, and for people who never lived.
November 18, 2018
It takes awhile to catch fire, and for a viewer even to get his bearings, so numerous are its characters; but it does, and you will.
November 15, 2018
But if the show underscores the grimness of the novels, the loss of Lenù's first-person narration robs the series of something more important: her voice.
November 16, 2018
This unsentimental story evokes the neo-realist classics of Italian cinema as it movingly depicts emotional resilience in changing times.
November 16, 2018
So many individual pieces are intriguing, and some even prove rewarding over hours of consideration. Still, even the most introspective series doesn't need to be such a slog.
November 15, 2018
I'm not yet willing to say it's brilliant. But it's a friendship I'll stick with for a while longer at least.
November 19, 2018
Whether you're a fan of Ferrante's novels or not, you'll enjoy this story of a rocky but fascinating friendship.
November 16, 2018
Insightful and clear-eyed, "My Brilliant Friend" takes you there.
November 16, 2018
The announcement of a new TV adaptation... led many of Ferrante's fans to question how the miniseries could possibly capture the heart of the books. Miraculously, though, it does.

