My Brilliant Friend

Based On the book by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L'amica geniale) is a Neapolitan- and Italian-language coming-of-age drama television series created by Saverio Costanzo for HBO, RAI, and TIMvision. Named after the first of four novels in the Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante, the series is an adaptation of the entire literary work into four seasons. My Brilliant Friend is a co-production between Italian production companies Wildside, Fandango, The Apartment Pictures, Mowe and international film groups Umedia and Fremantle. The first two episodes of the series were presented at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2018.

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Release date:

December 7, 2018

Director:

Alice Rohrwacher, Saverio Costanzo

Cast:

Elisa Del Genio, Margherita Mazzucco, Alba Rohrwacher, Elisabetta De Palo, Ludovica Nasti

Genre:

Drama

Country:

United States, Italy

Language:

Intermediate Southern Italian

Year page:

2018 in adaptations