Want to know where to watch My Brilliant Friend Season 1 online? You’ve come to the right place, as we have all the streaming details. is a coming-of-age story that narrates the friendship between two intelligent young girls, Elena and Lila, living in the Italian city of Naples during the 1950s. It is directed by Saverio Costanzo, Alice Rohrwacher, and Daniele Luchetti, and HBO released it in 2018. The series is based on the “Neapolitan Quartet” by Italian writer Elena Ferrante.
Here’s how you can watch and stream My Brilliant Friend Season 1 via streaming service HBO Max.
Is My Brilliant Friend Season 1 available to watch via streaming?
Yes, My Brilliant Friend Season 1 is available to watch via streaming on HBO Max.
My Brilliant Friend Season 1 charts the childhood of Lila and Elena, their first encounter in primary school, and later their teenage years in high school, where they struggle between social expectations and personal aspirations while keeping their teetering friendship intact.
The cast of My Brilliant Friend Season 1 includes Alba Rohrwacher as the Narrator, Margherita Mazzucco as Elena Greco, Gaia Girace as Lila Cerullo, Alessio Gallo as Michele Solara, Luca Gallone as Vittorio Greco, Giovanni Amura as Stefano Carracci, Eduardo Scarpetta as Pasquale Peluso, Valentina Acca as Nunzia Cerullo, and Annarita Vitolo as Immacolata Greco, among others.
Watch My Brilliant Friend Season 1 streaming via HBO Max
My Brilliant Friend Season 1 is available to watch online on HBO Max. HBO Max is an American subscription-based streaming service by WarnerMedia that provides top-notch video content. It offers content from a wide library of media houses, including Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN, via third-party content providers and has original content released under the “Max Originals” title that can be watched on mobile phones, laptops, smart TVs, tablets, and other streaming devices.
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My Brilliant Friend’s synopsis is as follows:
“A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.”
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