"L'amica geniale season one" is a 2018 Italian TV series.
The play is based on the first part of the novel "The Neapolitan Quartet" by author Elena Ferrante , which tells the girlhood of two heroines, Lila and Elena. At the beginning of the story, Elena, who had already made a name for herself, received a call from Lila's son, Reno, saying that his mother had completely disappeared. Elena remembers Lila's prophecy of her own destiny, and she writes the story of their lives.
Lila and Elena grew up together in a dilapidated community in Naples. They have been inseparable since childhood. They trust each other, but they both see each other as their own hidden mirrors and wrestle secretly. Lila is smart and beautiful. She can confront the boys who bully her without fear, or she can go to the feared Archie? Karachi wants the toy he stole back; Elena admires Lila's learning talent and superhuman determination, and has been secretly imitating Lila.
The family did not support Lila to continue her studies, so she went to work in the shoe repair shop where her father and brother struggled to maintain, and faced the pursuit of several playboys. Elena continued her studies alone with love, jealousy and understanding for her friends, but she was unable to face the loss of competing with Lila.
Eventually, sixteen-year-old Lila decides to marry the butcher shop owner, but at the wedding reception, she discovers her husband's betrayal. And Elena is also standing at the entrance of the adult world, not only worried about the future, but also because she has a vague impression of the avant-garde Nino
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