The third season of L’amica Geniale, the successful fiction based on the books of Elena Ferrante, arrives on TV. The four episodes of the third season will be broadcast from Sunday 6 February on Rai1. The plot of the events that see Lenu and Lina as protagonists is taken from the third chapter of Elena Ferrante’s tetralogy “ History of those who flee and those who remain “. The third season of the Brilliant Friend
There are eight episodes that make up the third season of L’Amica Geniale, divided into four first evenings and produced by The Apartment and Wildside, with FremantleMedia Italia and Fandango Production in collaboration with Rai Fiction and HBO Entertainment. The direction of the episodes is by Daniele Lucchetti, while the previous director Saverio Costanzo, after having successfully directed the first two chapters of one of the most exciting stories of contemporary Italian literature, appears this season as a screenwriter. The cast is unchanged, with the protagonists Lenu and Lina played by the young actresses Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco, who accompanied the two characters in their physical and emotional growth. Elena Ferrante and a man or a woman
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After a tweet, the debate has returned between those who think that Elena Ferrante’s works were written by a woman and those who believe that behind this pseudonym there is a man Story of those who flee and those who remain
The long-awaited sequel to the story of The Brilliant Friend will be an opportunity to bring the value of the feminine and the fight against prejudice and violence to the stage in the story. Lina and Lenu will find themselves in the seventies, between certainties and hopes, in a close but also ambivalent bond. In this third season we will see the transposition through images of the years in which Lenu is about to marry Pietro Airota, thus moving away from Naples and experiencing the experience of a moderate literary success. A destiny that radically separated her from that of Lila, who, after the abrupt separation from her husband, finds herself living in almost poor conditions, working in Bruno Soccavo’s factory. Here she will suffer abuse, but in the meantime she will get closer and closer to Enzo Scanno, which will help at night to learn the dynamics of the first computer systems. In the meantime, the marriage will prove to be a disappointment for Lina and Nino Sarratore, with whom she will start a clandestine relationship, will fit in.The location for the shooting
Many of the shots of the third series of L’Amica Geniale were shot in the studios set up in Caserta in the former industrial area Saint Gobain of Marcianise where, since the first series, the Luzzatti district of Gianturco has been rebuilt. The set was then adapted for the various series passing from the 50s to the 70s but retaining the six buildings and the church wanted by Ferrante. The external scenes of this third series were shot in Naples with various sets between Piazza del Gesu and Piazza Dante, then on the seafront and in many other places in the city. Other external shots were shot in Torre Annunziata, in the old Real Fabbrica d ‘Armi Bourbonica, also known as Spolettificio and in the streets near the military establishment.
Some symbolic places of Florence were also chosen as the set, such as Piazza della Signoria, Piazza Santa Croce and Piazza Santissima Annunziata, along with other private locations. This first part of the shoot will be followed by a second one, in September, which will again involve Florence and then Versilia. The presence of the set in Florence will not only generate an increase in film tourism, but will bring a positive economic impact for the city. This is thanks to the professionalism employed, the extras hired, the service companies and the accommodation facilities involved. The literary phenomenon
The Brilliant Friend is undoubtedly one of the most successful operations among those carried out by Rai in recent years. Strengthened by the collaboration with HBO, the series made use of the enormous international resonance of Elena Ferrante’s novels and gave to the phenomenon of fiction that narrated Naples from the 1950s onwards. Abroad, tetralogy has been sold and appreciated under the title of “My Brilliant Friend”, representing one of the most impactful literary phenomena of recent years.
