My Brilliant Friend
Saverio Costanzo, 2018-
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, 2011
My Brilliant Friend is a TV series created by Saverio Costanzo in 2018 and based on the book series Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, which first book was published in 2011. The TV series features Alba Rohrwacher, Margherita Mazzucco, Gaia Girace, Annarita Vitolo, Alessio Gallo, Valentina Acca, and others.
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Storyline
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 the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2018
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
8.60
Source: IMDb
TV Series
My Brilliant Friend
Original title: L'amica geniale
Creator: Saverio Costanzo
Country: Italy
Year: 2018-
Length: 1h / 20 episodes
Year
2011
Pages
331
Book Rate
7.98
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Book
My Brilliant Friend
Original title: L'amica geniale
Author: Elena Ferrante
Country: Italy
First published in: 2011
Length: 331 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Neapolitan Novels
User polls & recommendations
“The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books.”
JOSH HUTCHERSON (Actor)
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