Creators:
Saverio CostanzoComposer:
Max RichterCast:
Elisa del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Luca Gallone, Fabrizia Sacchi, Antonio Milo, Antonio Pennarella, Vittorio Viviani, Gennaro Canonico, Gaia Girace (more)Seasons(4) / Episodes(32)
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Season 1 (2018) - 8 episodes
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The Story of a New Name (2020) - 8 episodes
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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2022) - 8 episodes
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Season 4 (2024) - 8 episodes
Plots(1)
When the most important friend in her life seems to disappear without trace, Elena Greco, an elderly woman living in a house crammed with books, switches on her PC and starts writing her own story, and that of Lila. She tells the tale of their friendship, which started at school in the 1950s. (HBO Nordic)
Reviews (1)
Excellent music, a pretty good premise, but also a very original and lively setting along with good acting performances do not necessarily make for a genius TV show when the story is so precisely Italian that it’s actually a bit too much. From the very beginning of the story, people are treating each other worse than prison guards treat prisoners in the worst South American prison. I took me a really long time and a lot of effort to get used to the environment in which the two friends are living. And I actually don’t even know whether I really did get used to it. There are definitely moments here that are worth seeing and hearing in connection with the music. In terms of the score, it seems that Max Richter had a blast working on this one. But there aren’t that many great moments here that would knock my socks off in terms of the screenplay after eight episodes. And the ending, which was cut off quite abruptly, didn’t help make things better, either. I personally think that such a TV show is more relevant for an Italian viewer than for a European viewer, but maybe I’m wrong.
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