My Brilliant Friend

About My Brilliant Friend

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.

Rai 1's My Brilliant Friend is a drama series. Alba Rohrwacher stars as Elena Greco, Irene Maiorino as Lila Cerullo, Fabrizio Gifuni as Nino Sarratore, and Filippo Beltrami as Moreno.

It ran for 4 seasons and 34 episodes between November 2018 and December 2024. That is around 9 episodes a season. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under female friendship and fictional biography. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel. It scores 8.1 out of 10 from 246 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.

The Queen's Gambit, You, and Pretty Little Liars make useful companions to My Brilliant Friend.