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The Lying Life of Adults
Why this pick
Another intimate Elena Ferrante adaptation set in Naples, following a girl’s coming-of-age through family tensions, shifting loyalties, and the city’s social divides.
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SERIES2018 0h 56m / episode ITA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
Its tactile Italian setting and observant view of a girl navigating family, work, and adolescence echo the lived-in social detail and quiet intensity of My Brilliant Friend.
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The Best of Youth
Why this pick
A sweeping Italian chronicle in which personal attachments and sibling conflict are inseparable from decades of political and social change.
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Why this pick
This richly textured period drama follows a young woman testing the limits imposed by family and society, balancing romantic choices with a vivid wider world.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Elisa del Genio
Elena Greco (Younger)
Ludovica Nasti
Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo (Younger)
Margherita Mazzucco
Elena Greco (Teenager)
Gaia Girace
Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo (Teenager)
Anna Rita Vitolo
Immacolata Greco
Luca Gallone
Vittorio Greco
Antonio Buonanno
Fernando Cerullo
Valentina Acca
Nunzia Cerullo