MY BRILLIANT FRIEND is currently airing on HBO and Sky Atlantic. But how is the series different from the Elena Ferrante book the show is based on?
Samuel Spencer – Nov 20, 2018
Samuel Spencer – Nov 20, 2018
Emma Nolan, Nov 21 2018
New Italian-language miniseries My Brilliant Friend premiered this week on HBO and SkyAtlantic. The drama is an adaptation of the beloved Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante. A coming of age story, the eight-episode series follows a friendship between two young girls in Naples in the 1950s.
The synopsis from HBO reads: “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.”
Both Elena and Lila are portrayed as children and teenagers.
So there are two actors playing each character at the different stages in their lives.
All four actresses are complete newcomers with My Brilliant Friend being their first acting roles ever.
Molli Mitchell, Nov 19, 2018
My Brilliant Friend comes from American network HBO. It is an adaption of Elena’s Ferrante’s bestselling novel of the same name. It is the first of four novels in the Neapolitan Novels series that are being adapted for TV. The drama series aired last night (Sunday, November 18) on HBO and premieres tonight on Sky Atlantic at 9pm.
There are eight episodes in the series and each instalment is 50 minutes long.
Episodes will air every Sunday and Monday in America on HBO at 9pm and every Monday and Tuesday in the UK on Sky Atlantic at 9pm.Viewers can also watch My Brilliant Friend on NOW TV. You can subscribe to the streaming service for £7.99 after a two-week free trial.
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