'My Brilliant Friend' episode 3 preview: Teenage Greco and Cerullo grow apart from each other

In episode three of 'My Brilliant Friend' the scene shifts from the young girls and showcases teenage Greco and Cerullo

'My Brilliant Friend'/'L’amica geniale' is HBO's new Italian series based on one of Elena Ferrante's best-selling novels. The series showcases two girls who grow up in a working-class neighborhood in a small, rustic town situated away from the city, near Naples. 

'My Brilliant Friend' revolves around two girls, Elena Greco and Raffaella Cerullo who share a complicated friendship. Cerullo, the most important person in Greco's life, suddenly disappears and is nowhere to be found. An older Greco starts to tell the story of her friendship with the brilliant Cerullo whom she used to call Lila. The story is narrated starting from their primary school in 1950. The story covers their lives from the age of 6 to 66.

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