My Brilliant Friend (TV series)
2018 Italian-American television series
My Brilliant Friend Genre Created by Saverio Costanzo Based on Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante Written by Directed by Starring Narrated by Alba Rohrwacher Composer Max Richter Country of origin Original languages No. of seasons4 No. of episodes34 Executive producers Producers
Luigi Mariniello
Sara Polese
Laura Paolucci
Daria Hensemberger
Francesco Nardella
Giulio Luciani
Production locations Cinematography Editors
Francesca Calvelli
Carlotta Cristiani
Stefano Mariotti
Annalisa Forgione
Matteo Mossi
Camera setup Single-camera Running time 43–67 minutes Production companies Network 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.[ 2] 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.[ 3] 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.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] 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 .[ 7] The second season premiered on Rai 1 on February 10, 2020, and on HBO on March 16, 2020.[ 8] [ 9] The first two episodes of the second season were screened in selected Italian cinemas from January 27 to 29, 2020.[ 8]
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 .[ 10] The third season premiered on Rai 1 on February 6, 2022, and on HBO on February 28, 2022.[ 11] [ 12] 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 .[ 13] 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.[ 14] [ 15] The ten-episode fourth and final season premiered on HBO on September 9, 2024, and on Rai 1 on November 11, 2024.[ 16] [ 17]
Cast and characters
Main
Elisa Del Genio (season 1; guest season 2), Margherita Mazzucco (seasons 1–3),[ 18] Alba Rohrwacher (season 4; cameo season 3),[ 19] and Elisabetta De Palo[ a] (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),[ 18] and Irene Maiorino (season 4)[ 19] 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
Filming of the second season at Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa in 2019
Commissioned by Rai Fiction , HBO and TIMvision , the first season was produced by Italian production companies Wildside and Fandango and international film group Umedia .[ 4] TIMvision withdrew from the project after the first season,[ 61] while production companies The Apartment Pictures and Mowe joined production for the second season.[ 62]
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.[ 63] However, the director of the third season, Daniele Luchetti , later opted to retain Girace and Mazzucco for the duration of the season.[ 64]
Music
The score of the series was composed by Max Richter .
Season 1
My Brilliant Friend (TV Series Soundtrack) Released December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07 ) Genre Soundtrack Length 36 :15 Label Deutsche Grammophon
"Elena & Lila" Released: November 30, 2018
The soundtrack album for the first season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on December 7, 2018, for digital download.[ 65] It was preceded by the release of the single "Elena & Lila" on November 30, 2018.
Track listing
Title 1. "Elena & Lila" 4:53 2. "Whispers" 3:41 3. "Your Reflection" 3:35 4. "The Days Go By" 2:43 5. "Interior Dialogues" 1:37 6. "In the Dark" 2:30 7. "In Spite of All" 2:10 8. "Brilliant Clouds" 1:11 9. "In Remembrance of You" 4:57 10. "Shimmering Clouds" 1:15 11. "She Was Running" 2:08 12. "Our Reflection" 5:35 Total length: 36 :15
Additional music
The first season features additional material from Richter's solo discography.[ 66]
All music is composed by Max Richter
Title Writer(s) 1. "Spring 1" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) Max Richter , Antonio Vivaldi 2:31 2. "Summer 2" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) Richter, Vivaldi 3:59 3. "Cypher" (from the single Cypher , 2018) 7:43 4. "Aria 2 – Pt. 1" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 1:19 5. "Infra 5" (from the album Infra , 2010) 5:16 6. "Infra 8" (from the album Infra , 2010) 3:21 7. "Love Song (Cascade)" (from the album Perfect Sense , 2011) 1:02 8. "Organum" (from the album The Blue Notebooks , 2004) 3:13 9. "Dream 13 (Minus Even)" (from the album From Sleep , 2015) 8:52 10. "Vladimir's Blues" (from the album The Blue Notebooks , 2004) 1:18 11. "Iconography" (from the album The Blue Notebooks , 2004) 3:38 12. "Chorale/Glow – Pt. 1" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 2:00 13. "Circles from The Rue Simon – Crubellier" (from the album 24 Postcards in Full Colour , 2008) 1:04 14. "Dream 19 (Pulse) – Pt. 6" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 3:17 15. "Interior Dreams an Idea" (from the album Henry May Long , 2009) 2:18 16. "Kierling/Doubt" (from the album 24 Postcards in Full Colour , 2008) 0:50 17. "Space 11 (Invisible Pages Over)" (from the album From Sleep , 2015) 5:15 18. "Space 17 (Chains) – Pt. 7" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 1:08 19. "Space 21 (Petrichor)" (from the album From Sleep , 2015) 4:47 20. "Sublunar – Pt. 1" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 1:29
Season 2
The soundtrack album for the second season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on May 1, 2020, for digital download.[ 67] The soundtrack features material from Richter's solo discography.
Track listing
Title 1. "Elena and Lila (Titles Season 2)" 1:13 2. "Sub Piano (MBF Version)" (from the album Infra , 2010) 0:49 3. "Protest March (Pt. 1)" 1:09 4. "Protest March (Pt. 2)" 2:32 5. "Organum (MBF Version)" (from the album The Blue Notebooks , 2004) 3:15 6. "Leo (MBF Version)" (from the reissue of the album Songs from Before , 2014) 2:11 7. "She Won't Answer" 2:35 8. "The Young Mariner (MBF Version)" (from the album Henry May Long , 2009) 4:06 9. "Harmonium (MBF Version)" (from the album Songs from Before , 2006) 4:25 10. "Cinema Music" 6:28 11. "Don't Put Sad Ideas In My Head / All By Themselves" 3:21 12. "Winter 2 (MBF Version)" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) 2:53 13. "Return 16 (time capsule) [Edit]" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 9:14 14. "moth-like stars (Edit)" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 10:40 Total length: 54 :51
Season 3
The soundtrack album for the third season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on March 4, 2022, for digital download.[ 68] The soundtrack features material from Richter's solo discography.
Track listing
Title 1. "Romance I" 1:57 2. "Leo (MBF Version)" (from the reissue of the album Songs from Before , 2014) 2:11 3. "Spring 1 (MBF Version)" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) 2:32 4. "Romance II" 1:40 5. "This Picture Of Us. P." (from the album 24 Postcards in Full Colour , 2008) 1:38 6. "Sub Piano (MBF Version)" (from the album Infra , 2010) 0:49 7. "Fragment" (from the album Songs from Before , 2006) 1:44 8. "Romance III" 1:55 9. "Vladimir's Blues" (from the album The Blue Notebooks , 2004) 1:21 10. "Romance IV" 1:39 11. "Romance V" 1:41 12. "moth-like stars (Edit)" (from the album Sleep , 2015) 10:40 Total length: 29 :47
Season 4
My Brilliant Friend, Season 4 (Original Soundtrack) Released September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27 ) Genre Soundtrack Length 39 :07 Label Deutsche Grammophon
In a Landscape (2024)
My Brilliant Friend, Season 4 (Original Soundtrack) (2024)
Heard on Tour (2024)
The soundtrack album for the fourth and final season was released by Deutsche Grammophon on September 27, 2024, for digital download.[ 69] The soundtrack features material from Richter's solo discography.
Track listing
Title 1. "Spring 1 (MBF Version)" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) 2:31 2. "Sub Piano" (from the album Infra , 2010) 0:49 3. "An Earthquake" 5:12 4. "In Remembrance of You" (from My Brilliant Friend (TV Series Soundtrack) ) 4:57 5. "A Comic Grotesque" 3:58 6. "Shadow 5" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) 2:59 7. "Summer 2" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) 3:59 8. "Organum" (from the album The Blue Notebooks , 2004) 3:13 9. "Interior Dreams an Idea" (from the album Henry May Long , 2009) 2:17 10. "Summer 1" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) 4:11 11. "A Folly" 3:12 12. "Autumn 3" (from the album Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons , 2012) 1:44 Total length: 39 :07
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".[ 70] On Metacritic , it has a score of 87 out of 100 based on 20 reviews.[ 71] 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 ."[ 72]
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."[ 73] On Metacritic, it has a score of 92 out of 100 based on 8 reviews.[ 74]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season has a 100% rating with an average score of 9.2 out of 10 based on 13 reviews.[ 75] On Metacritic, it has a score of 96 out of 100 based on 6 reviews.[ 76]
Awards and nominations
On April 2, 2019, HBO Home Entertainment released the first season on DVD and Digital in Region 1 .[ 98]
Notes
^ Dubbed by Alba Rohrwacher
^ a b HBO listings translate the titles of episodes 3 and 4 as "The Metamorphoses" and "Dissolving Margins", respectively.
^ a b The first two episodes of the third season were released online in Italy on February 4, 2022.
^ a b c d HBO listings translate the titles of episodes 2, 4, 5 and 10 as "The Dispersion", "The Earthquake", "The Fracture" and "Restitution", respectively.
^ The listed year refers to the date of the ceremony, not necessarily the year in which the corresponding season or episode aired.
^ Nominee: Saverio Costanzo
^ Tied with SKAM Italia
^ Nominees: Saverio Costanzo, Domenico Procacci , Lorenzo Mieli , Mario Gianani, Guido De Laurentiis, Elena Recchia, Jennifer Schuur , Paolo Sorrentino
^ Tied with Max Tortora for Tutta colpa di Freud and Vita da Carlo
^ Nominees: Saverio Costanzo, Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti
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