{"id":32433,"date":"2022-01-26T17:11:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=32433"},"modified":"2022-01-26T17:11:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T22:11:53","slug":"hbo-and-rais-my-brilliant-friend-those-who-leave-and-those-who-stay-based-on-the-third-book-in-elena-ferrantes-quadrilogy-debuts-february-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/26\/hbo-and-rais-my-brilliant-friend-those-who-leave-and-those-who-stay-based-on-the-third-book-in-elena-ferrantes-quadrilogy-debuts-february-28\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO and RAI&#8217;s &#8220;My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay,&#8221; Based on the Third Book in Elena Ferrante&#8217;s Quadrilogy, Debuts February 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eight-episode, third season of HBO and RAI&#8217;s &#8220;My Brilliant Friend,&#8221; MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: THOSE WHO LEAVE AND THOSE WHO STAY, based on the third book in Elena Ferrante&#8217;s quadrilogy, debuts Monday, February 28 @ 10:00PM ET\/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. MY BRILLIANT FRIEND follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila. They met in the first year of primary school in 1950 and their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives and explores the mystery of Lila, Elena&#8217;s brilliant friend and &#8211; in a way &#8211; both her best friend and her worst enemy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hn0SL4pi2a8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Filmed in Italian and Starring Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace, Season 3 picks up with Elena and Lila, both now grown women, during the great open sea of the 1970s. Lila took her young son and left her husband and a comfortable life to work as a factory worker in the toughest of conditions, while Elena left the neighborhood to study in Pisa, and is now an author of a successful novel that has paved the way to an affluent and cultivated world. They now navigate a scenario of hopes and uncertainties, still united by their strong and ambivalent bond.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1806715960\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Season 2 of MY BRILLIANT FRIEND received rave reviews, with Vanity Fair calling it &#8220;immersive,&#8221; &#8220;addictive,&#8221; as well as &#8220;serious, novelistic art, and verified prestige television.&#8221; Rolling Stone deemed it &#8220;masterful,&#8221; &#8220;gorgeous and gripping,&#8221; while IndieWire observed, &#8220;it&#8217;s hard to think of a more striking show on television.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: THOSE WHO LEAVE AND THOSE WHO STAY is a series by Daniele Luchetti. 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