Trailer for the fourth and final season of My Brilliant Friend released by HBO

HBO has released the official trailer for the fourth and final season of the critically acclaimed original drama series My Brilliant Friend. My Brilliant Friend (original title: L'Amica Genial), created by Saverio Costanzo and based on the bestsellers by Elena Ferrante, follows Elena Greco (Alba Rohrwacher) and the most important friend in her life, Raffaella 'Lila' Cerullo (Irene Maiorino) . After meeting as children in 1950s Naples, their story spans more than sixty years and explores the mystery of Lila – Elena's brilliant best friend and, in a way, her worst enemy.



The fourth part, titled The Story of the Lost Child, delves into the adult lives of Elena and Lila. They become entangled in the turmoil of late 1980s Italy, which is 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 live in the same neighborhood again.

The cast also includes Fabrizio Gifuni (Nino Sarratore), Stefano Dionisi (Franco Mari), Anna Rita Vitolo (Immacolata), Pier Giorgio Bellocchio (Pietro Airota), Daria Deflorian (Adele Airota), Lino Musella (Marcello Solara), Eduardo Scarpetta (Pasquale Peluso), Edoardo Pesce (Michele Solara) and Sonia Bergamasco (Maria Rosa Airota).

My Brilliant Friend/L'Amica Genial is an HBO-RAI series produced by Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle Italy, The Apartment and Wildside (both Fremantle companies) and by Domenico Procacci for Fandango, in association with Rai Fiction and HBO Entertainment.

This season is directed by Laura Bispuri and executive produced by Costanzo, Paolo Sorrentino, Jennifer Schuur, Elena Recchia, Laura Paolucci and Guido De Laurentiis.

The final season of My Brilliant Friend/L'Amica Genial debuts Monday, September 9 on HBO and streaming on HBO Max. New episodes will be released every Monday.

Watch the trailer below.