L’amica geniale is a TV series starring Alba Rohrwacher, Margherita Mazzucco, and Gaia Girace. A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.
Release Date: November 2018
10. La smarginatura
Air Date: 26 Nov. 2018Season 1, Episode 4
[HBO] HD. ‘Le Smarginatura (Dissolving Margins).’ (Season One) Elena enters high school as Lila ignores her many suitors.
9. Le metamorfosi
Air Date: 25 Nov. 2018Season 1, Episode 3
[HBO] HD. ‘Le Metamorfosi (The Metamorphoses).’ (Season One) Now teens, Elena and Lila struggle to connect as their futures diverge.
8. Il tradimento
Air Date: 3 Jul. 2020Season 2, Episode 5
Lila and Nino get dangerously close to each other during the summer vacation in Ischia. This breaks Lenu’s heart, feeling twice betrayed.
7. I fantasmi
Air Date: 10 Jul. 2020Season 2, Episode 7
Elena enjoys her life as a student in Pisa. When she is sick she reads the notebooks Lila gave her during her visit to Naples, and learns what Lila has gone through during the years.
6. Il bacio
Air Date: 26 Jun. 2020Season 2, Episode 4
On Lila’s request, Lenu joins her and Pinuccia at Ischia for the summer. They meet Nino Sarratore, and both are attracted to him.
5. Il corpo
Air Date: 19 Jun. 2020Season 2, Episode 2
Antonio is mad as Lenu for trying to stop his draft to the army. Stefano hits Lila and opens his heart to Lenu. Lila is mad at Lenu for trying to reconcile Stefano and her.
4. I soldi
Air Date: 19 Nov. 2018Season 1, Episode 2
[HBO] HD. ‘I Soldi (The Money).’ (Season One) Elena and Lila fight to continue their education; a death changes things in the neighborhood forever.
3. La promessa
Air Date: 10 Dec. 2018Season 1, Episode 8
The shoe sales are slow, so Stefano makes a deal with the Solares despite Lila’s objections. Elena is thrown out of class for expressing her mind, she writes an article about that. Lila’s wedding day arrives.
2. La rabbia
Air Date: 3 Jul. 2020Season 2, Episode 6
Following the vacation in Ischia Elena disconnects from Lila and Nino. Lila decides she cannot go on with her life, so she leaves Stefano and moves in with Nino. Elena travels to Pisa for her university studies. Antonio returns broken from him military service and looks for work.
1. L’isola
Air Date: 3 Dec. 2018Season 1, Episode 6
On the island of Ischia, Elena runs into the Sarratore family, reigniting her childhood crush on Nino; Lila’s resistance to Marcello’s pressing courtship reaches a breaking point; an unexpected encounter leaves Elena shaken on her 15th birthday.