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The Lying Life of Adults(2023)

Drama
First Air Date: 2023-01-04
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 7.3
Votes: 87
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6

Young Giovanna navigates her passage from childhood into adolescence as she experiences the different sides of Naples during the 1990s. A girl in search of her true reflection in a divided Naples: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity.

Keywords

based on novel or booknaples, italydysfunctional familybittersweetintimate

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 6
E01
Beauty

Air Date: 2023-01-04

50m

After Giovanna overhears her father’s comment comparing her to his estranged sister, the teen travels to a rough part...

E02
Resemblance

Air Date: 2023-01-04

51m

Giovanna accompanies Vittoria to Enzo’s grave and learns about their family’s falling out. A conversation about passi...

E03
Bitterness

Air Date: 2023-01-04

46m

Giovanna’s friends clash with Vittoria on a visit to the slums. The bracelet Vittoria gifted Giovanna as a baby turns...

E04
Loneliness

Air Date: 2023-01-04

53m

A secret gets out and unravels two families. Giovanna fails out of school and has her first sexual encounter. Vittori...

E05
Love

Air Date: 2023-01-04

41m

Giovanna’s interest in a charming young religious scholar rankles her worldly father. It also irritates Vittoria, who...

E06
Truth

Air Date: 2023-01-04

1h 1m

On a trip to Milan to visit Roberto, Giovanna wrestles with wanting to be seen as the scholar’s equal or something else.

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Top Cast

Giordana Marengo
Giordana Marengo
Giovanna
Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino
Vittoria
Alessandro Preziosi
Alessandro Preziosi
Andrea
Pina Turco
Pina Turco
Nella
Raffaella Rea
Raffaella Rea
Costanza
Biagio Forestieri
Biagio Forestieri
Mariano