The friends Lila and Elena have turbulent years behind them and are trying to escape the constraints of their environment. Elena, mother and author, returns to Naples, while Lila builds a successful career despite family entanglements. Trials of life reveal new facets of their personality and friendship. With her award-winning »Neapolitan Saga« about two very different friends who fight for their future in patriarchal post-war Italy, Elena Ferrante has conquered a worldwide fan base. In 2019, The Guardian put »My Brilliant Friend« at number 11 on a shortlist of the best novels since the turn of the millennium. After the Italian director Saverio Costanzo developed and produced an elaborate TV series from it herself in cooperation with the author, Laura Bispuri took over the direction for the fourth and final season. New product