'My Brilliant Friend': Season finale heralds a new chapter in Lila's life
HBO's adaptation of the first part in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series, 'My Brilliant Friend', is drawing to a close, with Elena and Lila soon about about to embark on an unknown journey.
Starring Margherita Mazzucco (as Elena/Lenu) and Gaia Girace (as Raffaella/Lila), the Saverio Costanzo-created show is set against the dangerous but fascinating backfrop of Naples in the 1950s. The show follows two young girls whose friendship is put to the test not just by the feud in the neighborhood between the rich and the poor, but also by how the brilliance of one friend is perceived as an intellectual threat by the other.
The sixth episode saw a turning point in Lenu's life as her sparkling summer in Ischia comes to an injudicious end as she was left raging in disgust at Donato's sudden approach and eventual act of molestation.
