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This Italian drama continues to be rich, sumptuous and deliciously overwrought, but at the same time thoughtful and surprisingly delicate. This beautiful take on Ferrante’s work has done nothing but impress since the very beginning, and it goes out on a high.
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The final run of the series is both sensitive and devastating, moving without being sentimentalized. People often summarize stories about women with the catchall label, “It’s about female friendship.” But what these two have is something more complex and elusive — it is also a competition, a dependency, a fascination, a symbiosis. This is, simply put, one of the most incisive portraits of a lifelong relationship ever made for TV.
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My Brilliant Friend: Season 4 kicks off with a compelling and dramatic premiere that will immediately have viewers hooked and hungry for more. From the incredible acting to the impactful writing, this Italian series continues to expertly depict the complexity of human relationships over time and seems poised to end on a high with this fourth and final season.