My Brilliant Friend
A friendship that defined a lifetime.
L'amica geniale (2018-2024)
Seasons: 4,
episodes: 34
Episode runtime: 57 min
Average rating:
8.4/10
39 577
Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Scenario
Elena Ferrante
Author
Composer
Producer
Luigi Mariniello
Actors
Margherita Mazzucco
Elena Greco
Anna Rita Vitolo
Immacolata Greco
Luca Gallone
Vittorio Greco
Valentina Acca
Nunzia Cerullo
Antonio Buonanno
Fernando Cerullo
Antonio Milo
Silvio Solara
Alessio Gallo
Michele Solara
Francesco Serpico
Nino Sarratore
Short description
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.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 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 | 2018-11-27 | 7.4 |
The Story of a New Name 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 i…
|
8 | 2020-02-10 | 6.9 |
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay 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 aut…
|
8 | 2022-02-06 | 6.9 |
| 10 | 2024-11-11 | 8 |
What's left behind the scenes
- The series was filmed in Acerra, Casapulla, Maddaloni, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, and Fondi (all of which are towns and municipalities in Italy).
- When Elisa del Genio's parents were on vacation in Oslo, she landed a role by complete chance: HBO called her mother regarding her brother Alberto's casting in a TV series, and Elisa went to the audition with Alberto, but the network chose her instead of him.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
