My Brilliant Friend

TV-MA
2018    57mDrama
8.698%91%8.1
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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.

4 Seasons

  • Season 1
    Season 18 Episodes
  • The Story of a New Name
    The Story of a New Name8 Episodes
  • Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
    Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay8 Episodes
  • The Story of the Lost Child
    The Story of the Lost Child10 Episodes
  • Alba RohrwacherOlder Elena (voice)
  • Anna Rita VitoloImmacolata Greco
  • Gaia GiraceLila Cerullo
  • Margherita MazzuccoElena Greco
  • Luca GalloneVittorio Greco
  • Alessio GalloMichele Solara
  • Francesco SerpicoNino Sarratore
  • Valentina AccaNunzia Cerullo
  • Antonio BuonannoFernando Cerullo
  • Eduardo ScarpettaPasquale Peluso
  • Pina Di GennaroMelina Cappuccio
  • Giovanni AmuraStefano Carracci
  • Gennaro De StefanoRino Cerullo
  • Imma VillaManuela Solara
  • Giovanni BuselliEnzo Scanno
  • Sarah FalangaMaria Carracci
  • Elvis EspositoMarcello Solara
  • Rosaria LangellottoGigliola Spagnuolo
  • Federica SollazzoPinuccia Carracci
  • Fabrizio CottoneAlfonso Carracci
  • rg9400November 14, 2024
    Having finished the entirety of My Brilliant Friend, I am fairly impressed. This story follows two girls in a poor village in Italy, both smart and literary. However, one is forced to forego her potential due to her circumstances, while the other attempts to make the most out of her intelligence. The show jumps through multiple decades, jumping through time at multiple points in the story, with the lead character being portrayed by no less than 4 actresses at multiple points in her life. The show illustrates the changes in Italy throughout these decades as well as the growth of a slew of characters from the village, touching on multiple themes including political movements and resistance, economic and class strife, and gender dynamics in a domestic and academic and economic sense. However, the crux of this story is the friendship between its two core characters, the way they fight due to jealousy yet continuously return to a sense of mutual respect and support. It's a monumental achievement when taken as a whole even if the show fumbles every now and then.

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