My Brilliant Friend

(2018)

★ 8.1 IMDb · 244 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2018

Runtime: 57 мин

Country: Belgium, Italy

Director: Laura Bispuri

Cast: Альба Рорвахер, Irene Maiorino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Filippo Beltrami

Plot

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.

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. Set in a dangerous but fascinating Naples, it is just the start of a story spanning sixty years of life. A tale that attempts to unveil the mystery of Lila, Elena's brilliant friend. Her best friend, and her worst enemy.