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My Brilliant Friend
Genre	Drama Coming-of-age
Created by	Saverio Costanzo
Based on	Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante
Written by	Elena Ferrante Francesco Piccolo Laura Paolucci Saverio Costanzo
Directed by	Saverio Costanzo Alice Rohrwacher Daniele Luchetti Laura Bispuri
Starring	Gaia Girace Margherita Mazzucco Alba Rohrwacher Irene Maiorino (See full cast list)
Narrated by	Alba Rohrwacher
Composer	Max Richter
Country of origin	Italy United States
Original languages	Neapolitan Italian
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	34
Production
Executive producers	Lorenzo Mieli Domenico Procacci Mario Gianani Guido De Laurentiis Elena Recchia Jennifer Schuur Paolo Sorrentino Saverio Costanzo
Producers	Luigi Mariniello Sara Polese Laura Paolucci Daria Hensemberger Francesco Nardella Giulio Luciani
Production locations	Metropolitan City of Naples Province of Caserta Province of Latina Province of Pisa Metropolitan City of Milan Metropolitan City of Florence
Cinematography	Fabio Cianchetti Hélène Louvart Ivan Casalgrandi Vladan Radovic
Editors	Francesca Calvelli Carlotta Cristiani Stefano Mariotti Annalisa Forgione Matteo Mossi
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	43–67 minutes
Production companies	Wildside Fandango Umedia (s. 1–2) The Apartment Pictures (s. 2–4) Mowe (s. 2, 4) Fremantle (s. 3–4)
Original release
Network	HBO (US) Rai 1 (Italy) TIMvision (Italy, s. 1)
Release	November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18) – November 11, 2024 (2024-11-11)

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. The first season, based on the first novel in the series, premiered on HBO on November 18, 2018, and on Rai 1 and TIMvision on November 27, 2018. In December 2018, the series was renewed for a second season, based on the second novel in the series, The Story of a New Name. The second season premiered on Rai 1 on February 10, 2020, and on HBO on March 16, 2020. The first two episodes of the second season were screened in selected Italian cinemas from January 27 to 29, 2020.

In April 2020, the series was renewed for a third season, based on the third novel in the series, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay. The third season premiered on Rai 1 on February 6, 2022, and on HBO on February 28, 2022. In March 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season, based on the final novel in the series, The Story of the Lost Child. The first two episodes of the fourth and final season made its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on August 20, 2024, and were presented at the 19th Rome Film Festival on October 25, 2024. The ten-episode fourth and final season premiered on HBO on September 9, 2024, and on Rai 1 on November 11, 2024.

Cast and characters

Main

• Elisa Del Genio (season 1; guest season 2), Margherita Mazzucco (seasons 1–3), Alba Rohrwacher (season 4; cameo season 3), and Elisabetta De Palo (featured season 4; guest season 1) as Elena "Lenù" Greco
• Ludovica Nasti (season 1; guest season 2), Gaia Girace (seasons 1–3; special appearance season 4), and Irene Maiorino (season 4) as Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo
• Anna Rita Vitolo as Immacolata Greco
• Luca Gallone as Vittorio Greco
• Imma Villa as Manuela Solara (seasons 1–3)
• Antonio Milo as Silvio Solara (season 1; recurring season 2)
• Valentina Acca as Nunzia Cerullo (seasons 1–2, 4)
• Antonio Buonanno as Fernando Cerullo (seasons 1–3; recurring season 4)
• Dora Romano as Miss Oliviero (seasons 1–2)
• Alessio Gallo (seasons 1–3) and Edoardo Pesce (season 4) as Michele Solara
• Nunzia Schiano as Nella Incardo (seasons 1–2)
• Giovanni Amura as Stefano Carracci (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1)
• Gennaro De Stefano (season 2; recurring season 1) and Salvatore Striano (season 4) as Rino Cerullo
• Francesco Serpico (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1) and Fabrizio Gifuni (season 4) as Giovanni "Nino" Sarratore
• Federica Sollazzo as Pinuccia Carracci (season 2; recurring season 1)
• Clotilde Sabatino as Professor Galiani (seasons 2–3)
• Ulrike Migliaresi as Ada Cappuccio (season 2; recurring season 1)
• Christian Giroso as Antonio Cappuccio (season 2; recurring season 1)
• Eduardo Scarpetta as Pasquale Peluso
• Giovanni Buselli (seasons 2–3; recurring season 1) and Pio Stellaccio (season 4) as Enzo Scanno
• Giovanni Cannata as Armando Galiani (seasons 2–3)
• Francesco Russo as Bruno Soccavo (seasons 2–3)
• Bruno Orlando (seasons 2–3) and Stefano Dionisi (season 4) as Franco Mari
• Daria Deflorian as Adele Airota (seasons 2–4)
• Matteo Cecchi (seasons 2–3) and Pier Giorgio Bellocchio (season 4) as Pietro Airota
• Giulia Mazzarino (season 3; recurring season 2) and Sonia Bergamasco (season 4) as Maria Rosa Airota
• Gabriele Vacis as Guido Airota (season 3; recurring seasons 2, 4)
• Maria Vittoria Dallasta as Silvia (season 3)
• Riccardo Palmieri as Gino (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2)
• Giorgia Gargano as Nadia Galiani (season 3; recurring season 2, featured season 4)
• Fabrizio Cottone (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2) and Renato De Simone (season 4) as Alfonso Carracci
• Rosaria Langellotto as Gigliola Spagnuolo (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2)
• Pina Di Gennaro as Melina Cappuccio (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2, 4)
• Francesca Pezzella as Carmela "Carmen" Peluso (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2)
• Sofia Luchetti (season 3), Vittoria Cozza (season 4) and Ludovica Rita Di Meglio (season 4) as Adele "Dede" Airota
• Salvatore Tortora as Gennaro "Gennarino" Carracci (season 3)
• Elvis Esposito (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2) and Lino Musella (season 4) as Marcello Solara
• Francesca Montuori (season 3) and Claudia Tranchese (season 4) as Elisa Greco
• Chiara Celotto as Eleonora Sarratore (season 3)
• Sophia Protino (season 3), Fatima Credendino (season 4) and Adriana Trotta (season 4) as Elsa Airota

Featured

The following actors are credited in the opening titles of a single episode of the series:

• Antonio Pennarella as Don Achille Carracci (season 1)
• Edu Rejón as Juan (season 3)
• Giulia Pica as a doctor (season 3)
• Claudio Lardo as Giuntini (season 3)
• Mirko Setaro as Lila's cardiologist (season 3)
• Vittorio Ciorcalo as Lila's neurologist (season 3)
• Giovanni Toscano as Mario's friend (season 3)
• Eugenio Di Fraia as Mario Gioia (season 3)
• Rebecca Fanucchi as Clelia (season 3)
• Iacopo Ricciotti as Maria Rosa's boyfriend (season 3)

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2: The Story of a New Name (2020)

Season 3: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2022)

Season 4: The Story of the Lost Child (2024)

Production

Commissioned by Rai Fiction, HBO and TIMvision, the first season was produced by Italian production companies Wildside and Fandango and international film group Umedia. TIMvision withdrew from the project after the first season, while production companies The Apartment Pictures and Mowe joined production for the second season.

On February 18, 2020, Gaia Girace announced that she would leave the series after playing Lila in three episodes of the third season, as a new and older actress would be cast for the following episodes. However, the director of the third season, Daniele Luchetti, later opted to retain Girace and Mazzucco for the duration of the season.

Music

The score of the series was composed by Max Richter.

Season 1

The soundtrack album for the first season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on December 7, 2018, for digital download. It was preceded by the release of the single "Elena & Lila" on November 30, 2018.

Track listing

Additional music

The first season features additional material from Richter's solo discography.

All music is composed by Max Richter

Season 2

The soundtrack album for the second season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on May 1, 2020, for digital download. The soundtrack features material from Richter's solo discography.

Track listing

Season 3

The soundtrack album for the third season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on March 4, 2022, for digital download. The soundtrack features material from Richter's solo discography.

Track listing

Season 4

The soundtrack album for the fourth and final season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on September 27, 2024, for digital download. The soundtrack features material from Richter's solo discography.

Track listing

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a 93% rating with an average score of 8.4 out of 10 based on 57 reviews. The site's critical consensus is, "My Brilliant Friend is an expansive epic that gleans rapturous beauty from the most desolate of circumstances, but it is the intimacy between the central duo – and the remarkable performances that bring them to life – that audiences will remember most vividly". On Metacritic, it has a score of 87 out of 100 based on 20 reviews. Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett of The Guardian stated "How revolutionary it still feels to see female friendship explored onscreen in this way. It goes without saying that it takes the Bechdel test and turns it into ragù."

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a 100% rating with an average score of 9.5 out of 10 based on 15 reviews. The site's critical consensus is, "Gorgeously shot and full of incredible performances, My Brilliant Friend's second season expands its small world with rich results." On Metacritic, it has a score of 92 out of 100 based on 8 reviews.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season has a 100% rating with an average score of 9.2 out of 10 based on 13 reviews. On Metacritic, it has a score of 96 out of 100 based on 6 reviews.

Awards and nominations

Home media

On April 2, 2019, HBO Home Entertainment released the first season on DVD and Digital in Region 1.

Notes

1. Dubbed by Alba Rohrwacher
2. ^ HBO listings translate the titles of episodes 3 and 4 as "The Metamorphoses" and "Dissolving Margins", respectively.
3. ^ The first two episodes of the third season were released online in Italy on February 4, 2022.
4. ^ HBO listings translate the titles of episodes 2, 4, 5 and 10 as "The Dispersion", "The Earthquake", "The Fracture" and "Restitution", respectively.
5. The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired.
6. Nominee: Saverio Costanzo
7. Tied with SKAM Italia
8. Nominees: Saverio Costanzo, Domenico Procacci, Lorenzo Mieli, Mario Gianani, Guido De Laurentiis, Elena Recchia, Jennifer Schuur, Paolo Sorrentino
9. Tied with Max Tortora for Tutta colpa di Freud and Vita da Carlo
10. Nominees: Saverio Costanzo, Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti

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• Official website
• My Brilliant Friend at IMDb 

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