![]() She tells them she fell on the rocks, and the terrible relief is palpable: they know she’s lying, but this way they won’t have to confront it. They all awkwardly ignore the bruises until, eventually, a friend walks in and is shocked enough to mention it without thought. When Stefano brings Lila back from their honeymoon, she is forced to sit down with her family, her face black and blue. The leads, Gaia Girace and Margherita Mazzucco, are both remarkable, not least because they appear to be the same age as their characters, and have a lot of weight to carry.Ĭrisis of confidence. In grown-up dresses that drown her frame, she looks 20 years older than she is, wandering around her showroom of a home. ![]() There is a shot of Stefano eating prawns and sloshing back wine that hammers home his grotesqueness, and it reminded me of Tony Soprano at his most gluttonous. They are hungry for experience but, at 16, Lila has a violent husband who repulses her. As smart teenage girls in a society that has little need for them, the odds are almost always stacked against them. ![]() My Brilliant Friend is excellent on the complicated nature of female friendships and how they can turn on competition and admiration, particularly when the playing field is not level and never will be. ![]() The two girls had drifted apart by the end of season one, divided by unavoidable resentments and differing circumstances, but here they are back together, working out how each of them can make their way through their lives as young women. ![]()
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