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  • OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection
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My brilliant friend. The complete first season

Call Number

  • DVD TV SERIES (CEN, OSH)

Languages

In Italian, with optional Latin Spanish subtitles ; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Gaia Girace, Margherita Mazzucco, Anna Rita Vitolo, Luca Gallone, Imma Villa, Antonio Milo, Alessio Gallo, Valentina Acca, Antonio Buonanno, Dora Romano ; narrator, Alba Rohrwacher.

Publication Information

[Hollywood, CA] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2019]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 464 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-MA.

Summary

An elderly woman discovers that her "brilliant friend" seems to have disappeared without a trace. Beginning an epic tale that spans over 60 years, she writes about their tempestuous relationship that started in 1950, and tries to describe the mystery of her friend, who is--in a way--her worst enemy. Set in a dangerous and fascinating post-WWII Naples, Italy.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the first of four "Neapolitan novels" by Elena Ferrante.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes on HBO in 2018.

Bonus features: Invitation to the set ; Recreating the Rione ; The making of My brilliant friend.

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