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My Brilliant Friend_poster
hboMax
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My Brilliant Friend

8.6(23K)
2018–20241hTv Series (S4 E34)
Coming-of-AgeDrama

A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.

Seasons

Season 1_poster

Season 1

7.3
20188 episodes

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.

The Story of a New Name_poster

The Story of a New Name

6.9
20208 episodes

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 into very different worlds.

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay_poster

Top Cast

Alba Rohrwacher_avatar
Alba Rohrwacher
Fabrizio Gifuni_avatar
Fabrizio Gifuni
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Gaia Girace
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Annarita Vitolo
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Margherita Mazzucco
Irene Maiorino_avatar
Irene Maiorino

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