'My Brilliant Friend' Returns to TV on February 10th

The second season of My Brilliant Friend premieres on Rai1 on February 10th. The events of the second book of My Brilliant Friend pick up exactly where the first season left off. Lila (Gaia Girace) and Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) are sixteen and feel stuck. Lila has just gotten married, but in taking her husband's surname, she feels like she's lost herself. Elena is now a model student, but during her friend's wedding reception, she realizes she doesn't fit in either in the neighborhood or outside it. During a vacation in Ischia, the two friends reunite with Nino Sarratore (Francesco Serpico), an old childhood acquaintance who has now become a promising university student. The seemingly casual encounter will forever change the nature of their bond, thrusting them into two completely different worlds. Lila becomes a skilled saleswoman in the elegant shoe shop of the powerful Solara family in the center of Naples; Elena, on the other hand, stubbornly continues her studies and is willing to leave to attend university in Pisa. The events of My Brilliant Friend draw us into the vibrant youth of the two girls, into the rhythm with which they chase each other, lose each other, and find each other again. 'My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name' (8 x 50-minute episodes) is produced by The Apartment and Wildside, part of Fremantle, and by Fandango in collaboration with Rai Fiction and HBO Entertainment, and in co-production with Umedia. The series, by Saverio Costanzo, based on the best-selling novel by Elena Ferrante and published by Edizioni E/O, features 125 actors and thousands of extras, approximately 8500 adults and 860 minors, and the creation of approximately 2.000 costumes, including original and archive pieces. The first two episodes of the new season will premiere in Italian theaters only on January 27, 28, and 29. The cinema event is distributed exclusively by Nexo Digital