My Brilliant Friend
Original Network(s)HBO, Rai 1
Created BySaverio Costanzo
Based OnNeapolitan Novels
First AiredNovember 18, 2018
Executive Produced ByLorenzo Mieli
Domenico Procacci
Mario Gianani
Guido De Laurentiis
Elena Recchia
Jennifer Schuur
Paolo Sorrentino
Showrunner(s)Jennifer Schuur
Genre(s)Drama, Non-English (Neapolitan, Italian)
Renewal StatusRenewed For Season 4

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Plot

In “My Brilliant Friend,” we watch two friends, sometimes rivals if not enemies, Elena “Lenu” Greco and Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo, grow up together. Both are brilliant, as the title of the show implies, but have diverging opportunities. Elena’s family is supportive of her intelligence and advocates for her to go off to college and make the family proud. Lila? Her intelligence comes with audacity, and with lacking the support of her family, she seeks autonomy and power in her hometown through various relationships to gain some sense of safety.

Together and apart, these women age, have children, love affairs, and both infuriate and sharpen each other. But, when things get too far beyond even their vast capabilities, they find themselves able to lean on one another.

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