The HBO Original drama series My Brilliant Friend premiered in 2018 as a show based on Italian author Elena Ferrante’s (The Lying Life of Adults, The Days of Abandonment) best-selling novels of the same name, following “the lives of two young girls, Elena and Lilia, who enter a crucial stage of their Italian schooling,” according to mxdwn. The saga of My Brilliant Friend is coming to close as its fourth season will premiere Monday, September 9 at 9:00 p.m. ET/ 10:00 P.M. PT, marking its final installment, via the Warner Bros. Discovery official press release.
According to the official press release, the fourth season of My Brilliant Friend is based on Ferrante’s novel My Brilliant Friend: The Story Of The Lost Child, where the series will follow “Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo. After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story goes on to cover over 60 years, exploring the mystery of Lila – Elena’s brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy. The fourth installment of the saga, titled “Story of the Lost Child,” delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They find themselves entangled in the turmoil of Italy in the late 1980s, nearing the end of decades of political violence and social unrest. Amid motherhood and career demands, amid betrayals, threats, disappearances, and natural disasters, Elena and Lila once again reside in the same neighborhood.”
The cast includes the talents of Alba Rohrwacher (Hungry Hearts, The Wonders) as Elena Greco/Lenù, Irene Maiorino (Girls Don’t Cry, Fatum) as Raffaella Cerullo/Lila, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio (The Crypt Monster, DeGeneration) as Pietro Airota, Stefano Dionisi (Anti-Drug Squad, Joseph) as Franco Mari, Eduardo Scarpetta (The King of Laughter, Mafia Mamma) as Pasquale Peluso, Fabrizio Gifuni (Human Capital, Hannibal) as Nino Sarratore, Anna Rita Vitolo (Maternage, Tonino) as Immacolata, Edoardo Pesce (Dogman, Pure Hearts) as Michele Solara, Daria Deflorian (The Beast, Happy as Lazzaro) as Adele Airota, Sonia Bergamasco (The Best of Youth, Probably Love) as Maria Rosa Airota and Lino Musella (The Hand of God, Ferrari) as Marcello Solara, via official press release.
According to the official press release, the fourth season of My Brilliant Friend will stream exclusively on Max, with new episodes released weekly after September 9. There will be ten episodes in the series’ last season. The official trailer is available to watch below.