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| Netflix | Season Premiere Date: January 4, 2023 |
Summary:
The Italian-language series adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novel of the same name is centered on the coming-of-age of Giovanna (Giordana Marengo) in 1990s Naples.
Genre(s):
Drama
Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E6. Truth
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E5. Love
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E4. Loneliness
Air Date: November 30, -0001
Jan 5, 2023
IndieWire
Jan 5, 2023
So even though most of “The Lying Life of Adults” hinges on the most basic ideas of jealousy and betrayal, that background gives all of those developments a grander feel. It’s disorienting at points, but the show does an effective job of capturing the feeling of major events in your life happening beyond your perception.
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Jan 4, 2023
Anyone new to the story will find a well-told tale of more or less ordinary people in not especially extraordinary circumstances, with some exotic scenery — viewers not ready to leave Italy after “The White Lotus” may want to extend their stay here — and striking central performances by Giordana Marengo as main character and narrator Giovanna Trada, and Valeria Golina as her aunt Vittoria.
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The Guardian
Jan 5, 2023
Jan 4, 2023
Eventually, however, “Lying Life” finds its way to a kind of dramatic maturity. ... Even minor Ferrante proves to hold a sense of what it was to live through its period — it’s just accompanied here by the altogether more familiar feeling of seeing a Netflix show with a few too many episodes for its own creative good.
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Jan 4, 2023
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: January 4, 2023
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S1:E6. Truth
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E5. Love
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E4. Loneliness
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E3. Bitterness
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E2. Resemblance
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E1. Beauty
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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Season 1 Overview