'My Brilliant Friend': Season 2 will see Lila and Lenu embark on a journey of regret and redemption
Lila took a decision which she is barely aware of and it might turn out to be the biggest mistake of her life. HBO's adaptation of the first part of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series, 'My Brilliant Friend', has been following the plight of Lila and Lenu, two best friends who are constantly competing against each other both outside and inside the class. However, the brilliantly gifted Lila had to give up on her education due to poverty, whereas Lenu went ahead to continue with her education. Starring Margherita Mazzucco (as Elena/Lenu) and Gaia Girace (as Raffaella/Lila), the Saverio Costanzo-created show is set against the dangerous but fascinating backdrop of Naples from the 1950s.
In the seventh episode, after Lenu returned from her long summer break which came to a rather tenebrous end, she discovered that Lila had already started seeing Stefano, and by the eighth episode the two had declared their wedding. As Lila's friend, someone who always considered Lila to be far above the ordinary, Lenu could perceive Lila's sudden change in lifestyle as a strategy to launch the Cerullo Shoes, where she and her brother, Rino, designed the kinds of shoes that were not available anywhere else in Naples. Stefano Caracci had already proposed to expand the business, and with their mutual interest in the shoes, Lenu could only perceive the match as a partnership.