TV series recommendation · 2018
My Brilliant Friend
L’amica geniale
Saverio Costanzo · Episodes around 55m
Italy · United States · Italian · Neapolitan
Drama · History
What is My Brilliant Friend about?
Two girls grow up in postwar Naples, their fierce friendship stretching across education, marriage, work and political change.
Why watch My Brilliant Friend?
An intimate friendship rendered with the scope of social history. The series tracks admiration, rivalry and class mobility without reducing either woman to a lesson for the other.
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