78%User score 78 percent
Firefly Lane
2021 · Drama
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242 votes
A friendship that defined a lifetime.
When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.
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Season list for My Brilliant Friend
Margherita Mazzucco
Elena Greco
Anna Rita Vitolo
Immacolata Greco
Luca Gallone
Vittorio Greco
Valentina Acca
Nunzia Cerullo
Antonio Buonanno
Fernando Cerullo
Antonio Milo
Silvio Solara
Alessio Gallo
Michele Solara
Francesco Serpico
Nino Sarratore
Irene Maiorino
Lila Cerullo
Fabrizio Gifuni
Nino Sarratore
Federica Sollazzo
Pinuccia Carracci
Eduardo Scarpetta
Pasquale Peluso
Giovanni Amura
Stefano Carracci
Gennaro De Stefano
Rino Cerullo
Dora Romano
Miss Oliviero
Matteo Cecchi
Pietro Airota
Imma Villa
Manuela Solara
Mirko Filippi
Spettatore
Gaia Girace
Lila Cerullo, Lila Cerullo (young)
Alba Rohrwacher
Older Elena (voice), Elena Greco
Dasha K
June 15, 2025
I really enjoyed this series so much, until the 3rd season. I found the series to have incredible acting, wonderful old costumes, and top-notch writing. However, during the 3rd season the character of Elena Greco felt much less like a protagonist. It became hard to watch her make awful decisions, and she became extremely unlikable to me. She seems like a bitter and selfish person so I quit watching after that. 🤷🏻♀…
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