My Brilliant Friend

8.075

220 Reviews

2018

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.

Storyline

Released

2018-11-27

Episode Runtime

57 min

Language

Italiano

Status

Ended

Genre

Drama

Production

Wildside, Fandango, The Apartment Pictures, uMedia, Mowe, Rai Fiction, HBO, Fremantle Italia, TIMVision

Directors

Saverio Costanzo

CASTS

Alba Rohrwacher

Older Elena (voice)

Anna Rita Vitolo

Immacolata Greco

Gaia Girace

Lila Cerullo

Margherita Mazzucco

Elena Greco

Luca Gallone

Vittorio Greco

Alessio Gallo

Michele Solara

Francesco Serpico

Nino Sarratore

Valentina Acca

Nunzia Cerullo

Antonio Buonanno

Fernando Cerullo

Eduardo Scarpetta

Pasquale Peluso

Pina Di Gennaro

Melina Cappuccio

Giovanni Amura

Stefano Carracci

Gennaro De Stefano

Rino Cerullo

Imma Villa

Manuela Solara

Giovanni Buselli

Enzo Scanno

Sarah Falanga

Maria Carracci

Elvis Esposito

Marcello Solara

Rosaria Langellotto

Gigliola Spagnuolo

Federica Sollazzo

Pinuccia Carracci

Fabrizio Cottone

Alfonso Carracci

Riccardo Palmieri

Gino

Francesca Pezzella

Carmela Peluso

Ulrike Migliaresi

Ada Cappuccio

Fabiana Ciancio

Neighbor

Evelina De Felice

Neighbor

Chiara Di Costanzo

Neighbor

Loredana Di Martino

Neighbor

Irene Maiorino

Lila Cerullo

Fabrizio Gifuni

Nino Sarratore

Anna Cerchia

Neighbor

Giuseppe Gavazzi

Card player at Bar Solara

Matteo Cecchi

Pietro Airota

Matteo Castaldo

Peppe Greco (12 years old)

Ciro Alario

Card player at Bar Solara

Consiglia Aprovidolo

Neighbor

Antonio di Nota

Card player at Bar Solara

Cristina Fraticola

Elisa Greco (9 years old)

Daria Deflorian

Adele Airota

Giuseppe Donnarumma

3rd Child Cerullo (9 years old)

Valentina Ceriello

Neighbor

Antonella Corsale

Neighbor

Francesco Coraggio

4th Child Cerullo (8 years old)

Lia Zinno

Giuseppina Peluso

Pio Stellaccio

Enzo Scanno

Christian Giroso

Antonio Cappuccio

Giorgia Gargano

Nadia Galiani

Lucia D'Ambra

Carmen Peluso

Lino Musella

Marcello Solara

Antonio Milo

Silvio Solara

Ludovica Nasti

Raffaella Cerullo (10 years old)

Elisa del Genio

Elena Greco (10 years old)

Ilenia Zanfardino

4th Child Cappuccio (7 years old)

Matteo Taurino

3rd Child Cappuccio (9 years old)

Emanuele Valenti

Donato Sarratore

Miriam D'Angelo

Marisa Sarratore

Patrizia Di Martino

Rosa Spagnuolo

Carmen Pommella

Neighbor

Clotilde Sabatino

Professor Galiani

Vittoria Cozza

Dede Airota

Fatima Credendino

Elsa Airota

Renato De Simone

Alfonso Carracci

Claudia Tranchese

Elisa Greco

Simona Volpe

Sewing shop owner

Fabrizia Sacchi

Lidia Sarratore

Ciro Pugliese

Nicola Scanno

Mimmo Ruggiero

Mr. Spagnuolo

Francesco Russo

Bruno Soccavo

Giulia Mazzarino

Mariarosa Airota

Gabriele Vacis

Guido Airota

Pier Giorgio Bellocchio

Pietro Airota

Giorgio Pinto

Stefano Carracci

Lucio Provenza

Peppe Greco

Salvatore Striano

Rino Cerullo

Fabiana Fazio

Ada Cappuccio

Edoardo Pesce

Michele Solara

Dora Romano

Miss Oliviero

Valentina Arena

Jolanda

Vittorio Viviani

Teacher Ferraro

Bruno Orlando

Franco Mari

Gaia Buongiovanni

Elisa Greco (13 years old)

Daniele Cacciatore

Peppe Greco (15 years old)

Sofia Luchetti

Dede Airota

Claudio Cacciaglia

Gianni Greco

Luigi Credendino

Roberto

Demi Licata

Gigliola Spagnuolo

Massimiliano Rossi

Antonio Cappuccio

Dalal Suleiman

Rossella

Ludovica Rita Di Miglio

Dede Airota

Alessio Galati

Gennaro Carracci

Sergio Dragonetti

Janitor elementary school

Marina Cioppa

Assunta Scanno

Chiara Stella

4th Child Peluso (7 years old)

Sofia Piccirillo

3rd Child Peluso (8 years old)

Vincenzo Vaccaro

Enzo Scanno (13 years old)

Raffaele Tramontano

3rd Child Cerullo (5 years old)

Giuliana Tramontano

Pinuccia Carracci (12 years old)

Alessio Theodoracchi

2nd Child Spagnuolo (4 years old)

Tommaso Rusciano

Rino Cerullo (16 years old)

Thomas Noioso

Gianni Greco (5 years old)

Francesco Nocerino

3rd Child Cappuccio (5 years old)

Emanuele Nocerino

Peppe Greco (6 years old)

Sara Mauriello

Elisa Greco (3 years old)

Lucia Manfuso

Ada Cappuccio (11 years old)

Valerio Laviano Saggese

Alfonso Carracci (10 years old)

Kristijan Di Giacomo

Stefano Carracci (17 years old)

Sergio Basile

Professor Gerace

Alessandro Manna

3rd Child Spagnuolo (11 years old)

Marzia Onorato

Rosa Trapani

Sara Fedele

2nd Child Scanno

Federica Barbuto

Clelia Sarratore (14 years old)

Catello Buonomo

Pino Sarratore (15 years old)

Mattia Iapigio

Ciro Sarratore (8 years old)

Giuseppe Brunetti

Dario

Giuseppe Cortese

Gennaro Carracci (3 years old)

Davide De Lucia

Gianni Greco (14 years old)

Paolo Tarallo

Watchman at Soccavo Sausage Factory

Francesca Bellamoli

Carmela Peluso (8 years old)

Francesca Bevilacqua

3rd Child Peluso (3 years old)

Francesco Catena

Pasquale Peluso (16 years old)

Domenico Cuomo

Antonio Cappuccio (17 years old)

Alice D'Antonio

Gigliola Spagnuolo (8 years old)

Emanuela Caruso

Marisa Sarratore

Francesco Ferrante

Gennaro Carracci

Giovanna Cappuccio

Pinuccia Carracci

Adriana Trotta

Elsa Airota

Aurora Grimaldi

Imma Sarratore

Maria Vittoria Miorin

Tina Scanno

Antonio Pennarella

Don Achille Carracci

Gennaro Canonico

Alfredo Peluso

Rachele Esposito

Neighbor

Vincenzo Merolla

Workman without index finger

Giuseppina Ranauro

Neighbor

Adriano Tammaro

Michele Solara

Cristina Magnotti

Marisa Sarratore

Pietro Vuolo

Marcello Solara

Giorgia Mongiello

3rd Child Scanno

Massimo Santoro

Priest

Michelle Gaudiello

4th Child Peluso (2 years old)

Augusto Cimmino

4th Child Cerullo (3 years old)

Giovanni Antonio Parente

3rd Child Spagnuolo (3 years old)

Michela Anna Orlando

4th Child Cappuccio (2 years old)

Vincenzo Cuccurullo

2nd Child Spagnuolo (11 years old)

Nunzia Schiano

Nella

Grazia Chianese

Stationer's older daughter

Carlo Tarmati

Sailor

Giovanni Cannata

Armando Galiani

Giada Fasoli

College girl

Alessandro Mannini

Roman girl's friend

Claudia Raboni

Roman girl

Andrea Avagliano

Worker at Soccavo Sausage Factory

Pasquale Ciotola

Worker at Soccavo Sausage Factory

Maurizio Tabani

Old critic at the bookshop

Elisabetta De Palo

Elena Greco (older)

Maria Vittoria Dallasta

Silvia

Antonio Alfano

Lila's co-worker

Salvatore Tortora

Gennaro Carracci

Aria Milighetti

Elsa Airota (10 months old)

Luce Milighetti

Elsa Airota (10 months old)

Chiara Celotto

Eleonora Sarratore

Sophia Protino

Elsa Airota

Stefano Dionisi

Franco Mari

Sonia Bergamasco

Mariarosa Airota

Adalgisa Manfrida

Doriana

Alice Piano

Silvia

Francesca Solombrino

Anna

Marina Vitolo

Mina

Michele Di Costanzo

Pino Sarratore

Federica Guarino

Clelia Sarratore

Gioele Maddi

Ciro Sarratore (newborn)

Alessandro Nardi

Nino Sarratore

Maria Rita Roberto

4th Child Peluso (2 years old)

Giuseppe Sannino

Cappuccio's father

Michele Capone

Policeman

Valeria Ascione

Elena's middle school teacher

Antonio Maglione

Alfonso

Pasquale Russo

Elena's father's colleague

Corradino Campofreda

Shoe shop owner

Francesco Pellegrino

Rower with pullover

Francesca Somma

Girl with derby

Giovanni Arcamone

Postman Ischia

Matilda Bianchetti

English Girl Ischia

Tim Daish

English Man Ischia

Gabriele Lucernoni

English Boy Ischia

Stefania Aluzzi

Woman with hat

Antonello Cossia

High school Religion professor

Teresa Del Vecchio

Bridal Shop Owner

Andrea Battimello

Short boy

Agostino Chiummariello

Concierge Amalfi

Silvio Monetti

Doctor

Maria Ambrosino

Grocery 1st Customer

Mario Aterrano

Worker

Lucia Barra

Grocery 4th Customer

Mario Capuccio

Bookseller

Marisa Carluccio

Grocery 3rd Customer

Corrado Del Gaudio

Armando's Friend

Chiara Di Nuzzo

Girl at Galiani's

Antonella Formisano

Girl at Galiani's

Stefano Mammato

Armando's Friend

Davide Mazzella

Worker

Laura Ranchetti

Girl at Galiani's

Colomba Trombetta

Grocery 2nd Customer

Manuela Massimi

Metal merchant's wife

Eric Porcelluzzi

Fair-haired boy

Claudio Staiano

Waiter

Dodi Conti

Professor

Ciro D'Errico

Interviewer

Enrico D'Errico

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Valeria Pighetti

Neighbor

Giustiniano Alpi

Rolando Berti

Alessandro Bertoncini

Carlo Fortini

Daniel Campagna

Gennaro Carracci (1 year old)

Gianluca Ferrato

Professor

Elisabetta Puletti

Shop assistant

Francesco Saggiomo

Dino Cerullo (2 years old)

Salvatore Scotto D'Apollognia

Shoe shop customer

Ilaria Zanotti

Giulia Cristaldi

Maria Rosaria Bozzon

Titina

Bianca Ceravolo

Elena's friend

Danilo Giulietti

Head of the Committee

Paolo Serra

Man at the bookshop

Emmanuel Castiello

4th Child Cerullo (3 years old)

Pasquale Cerza

Boogeyman - Double Don Achille

Marcello Coppola

2nd Child Scanno

Ingrid Del Genio

Elena Greco (child)

Eduardo Rejón

Juan

Ciro Amato

Butcher's son

Armando Annunziata

Bookseller

Raffaella Antinucci

Female student

Raffaele Capuozzo

Butcher

Francesco Esposito

Butcher's son

Silvia Fantoni

Girl with chain

Jacopo Siccardi

Boy with red flag

Francesca Vetere

University student

Vincenzo Antonucci

Edo

Ianua Coeli Linhart

Isabella

Antonella Romano

Teresa

Riccardo Russo

Marco Galiani

Giulia Pica

Doctor

Claudio Lardo

Giuntini (editor-in-chief at l'Unità)

Mirko Setaro

Lila's cardiologist

Vittorio Ciorcalo

Lila's neurologist

Gaetano Cacace

Old man

Wanda Capone

Cardiologist's nurse

Maria Raffaela Cortese

Maria Carracci (2 years old)

Fenicia Rocco

Secretary at l'Unità

Carmela Sposito

Don Carlo's widow

Giovanni Toscano

Mario's friend

Eugenio di Fraia

Mario Gioia

Rebecca Fanucchi

Clelia

Iacopo Ricciotti

Mariarosa's boyfriend

Ilaria Boscolo

Obstetrician

Norbert Lentschig

Professor

Alessandro Pardini

Mayor of Florence

Bruno Santini

Professor

Giulia Weber

Marcella

Virna Zorzan

Speaker at demonstration

Francesca Montuori

Elisa Greco

Chiara Barassi

Worker

Roberta Geremicca

Maria (worker)

Jordan Andres Ayala Robles

Albertino Sarratore

Alessandra Nunzia Brattoli

Feminist in blouse

Riccardo Fara

Luciano (restaurant owner in Florence)

Veronica Otto

Feminist in knitted vest

Benedetta Parisi

Feminist in turtleneck sweater

Gabriele Rollo

Pietro's student at exam

Edoardo Sferrella

Attacker

Roberto Simonte

Attacker

Matthias Strepponi

Mirko Sarratore

Alessandro De Marco

Gigliola's older son

Luigi Moretti

Thesis professor

Beth McCreton

English Woman Ischia

Alberto Brosio

Giorgio

Valeria Bello

Eleonora

Renato Bisogni

Pino Sarratore

Francesca Matrone

Clelia Sarratore

Massimo Rigo

Enrico

Tyara Cascone

Imma Sarratore (child)

Gaia Cuomo

Imma Sarratore (teenager)

Dominique Donnarumma

Elsa Airota

Maria Torres

Clara

Seasons

Season 1

7.3

2018

8 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

6.9

2020

8 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

6.9

2022

8 Episodes

Season 3 picks up with Elena and Lila, both now grown women, during the great open sea of the 1970s. Lila took her young son and left her husband and a comfortable life to work as a factory worker in the toughest of conditions, while Elena left the neighborhood to study in Pisa, and is now an author of a successful novel that has paved the way to an affluent and cultivated world. They now navigate a scenario of hopes and uncertainties, still united by their strong and ambivalent bond.