Why you have to see 'The lying life of adults', from the book to streaming

“Before leaving my house, my dad told my mom that I was ugly;

he did not say it directly, he used a comparison ”, says Giovanna, the protagonist of the miniseries

, recently released on Netflix.

A capital phrase for this story that will awaken in Giovanna

for years that will move her to unsuspected emotional frontiers.

The miniseries, based on the novel with such a provocative title by Elena Ferrante -undoubtedly, one of the great contemporary storytellers-, takes place in the 90s and

through

All related in the midst of

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The protagonist is the newcomer Giordana Marengo, in the skin of Giovanna.

The left-wing intellectual circle that surrounds the protagonist antagonizes that world that she will discover

in the Neapolitan slums, essentially Catholic, which keep as many contradictions and hypocrisy as

.

Idealism, disenchantment, promiscuity, infidelity (a recurring theme in Ferrante's work) are some of the experiences that Giovanna will go through in

, but that will have irreparable consequences.

A good part of Ferrante's narrative power is in the topics he addresses and in the peculiar beauty of the images that Naples has, already as a common denominator in part of his work, as happened with the successful series

My

 2018), adapted by Saverio Costanzo, and based on the excellent tetralogy,

.

The series puts the magnifying glass on the intensity of all family ties.

The lying life of adults is a six-episode miniseries with suggestive titles

 that anticipate where the plot is heading:

.

Directed by Edoardo De Angelis, the script, co-written by De Angelis with Laura Paolucci and Francesco Piccollo,

.

The newcomer Giordana Marengo is Giovanna and composes a role adapted to the character of the novel

.

She embodies a true teenager, fierce at times, and the result is very convincing.

Also noteworthy is the performance of Valeria Golino in the role of Vittoria, a key character in the protagonist's search for the truth and her passage from adolescence to early maturity.

Alessandro Preziosi (Andrea) and Pina Turco (Nella) are his parents, while Raffaella Rea (Costanza) and Biagio Forestieri (Mariano) will be necessary participants in the dramatic plot with their daughters, Ida (Azurra Menella) and Angela (Rosella Gamba). .

The series takes place in different settings in Naples, like

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and a

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The upper part, with the Gulf of Naples, in front of the watchful eye of Vesuvius, and the Chía and Posillipo neighborhoods with their viewpoint, as well as Piazza del Plebiscito and Pizzofalcone hill that place us in a context of wealthy families.

The lower part, working or poor, is located in the neighborhoods of Poggioreale, Barra, Ponticelli and San Carlo All'Arena with its historic church.

"The lying life of adults", the successful book by Elena Ferrante.

Music plays a transcendent role

in the miniseries, as it emphasizes emotions or anticipates situations.

Although essentially Italian, the soundtrack has, like the plot itself, very marked contrasts such as Peppino Di Capri with E Mo e Mo and Morphine, with Let's Take A Trip Together;

there's music by Rod Stewart and Gianna Nannini and Riccardo Ceres;

from Almamegretta and Massive Attack.

Lots of Italian pop, sometimes with a reggae cadence or “stunning” in a contagious 3x4.

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Rating:

Drama 

With Giordana Marengo, Valeria Golino and Alessandro Preziosi

Edoardo De Angelis

De Angelis, Laura Paolucci and Francesco Piccollo 

Six episodes, on Netflix.

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