by InTrieste
Netflix has adapted Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novel La vita bugiarda degli adulti (The Lying Life of Adults) into a six-part series released on the streaming platform on 4 January 2023.
The coming-of-age story, set in Naples in the 1990s, revolves around the young Giovanna who sets out on a quest to meet her estranged aunt Vittoria and unravel the web of lies around her.
Netflix introduces the series like this: “brash and bold Aunt Vittoria helps her sheltered niece experience a different side of the city, upsetting the teen’s strict parents.”
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