In “The Lying Life of Adults,” the lies are elusive things. For those unfamiliar with the Elena Ferrante novel the new Netflix series is adapted from, hearing a premise about a teenage girl looking for answers about her estranged aunt might conjure ideas of generations-long cover-ups and long-held secrets.
What makes this TV version of the story — directed by Edoardo De Angelis and boasting Ferrante among its team of screenwriters — so entrancing is that it downplays the sordid. When Giovanna (Giordana Marengo) begins her search for physical evidence of her aunt Vittoria (Valeria Golino) and the origins of a family split, what she finds doesn’t necessarily contradict much of the story she’s told as she approaches her 16th birthday. “The Lying Life of Adults” is more about assumptions and misunderstandings and willful ignorance of a shared past, leaving the viewer to fill in those gaps, too. The process...
What makes this TV version of the story — directed by Edoardo De Angelis and boasting Ferrante among its team of screenwriters — so entrancing is that it downplays the sordid. When Giovanna (Giordana Marengo) begins her search for physical evidence of her aunt Vittoria (Valeria Golino) and the origins of a family split, what she finds doesn’t necessarily contradict much of the story she’s told as she approaches her 16th birthday. “The Lying Life of Adults” is more about assumptions and misunderstandings and willful ignorance of a shared past, leaving the viewer to fill in those gaps, too. The process...
- 1/5/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The pseudonymous novelist Elena Ferrante’s appeal to television producers remains as clear as the Tyrrhenian Sea. Sun-kissed Italian locations; prominent female leads, afforded greater agency than the Italian media have traditionally afforded their women; material that’s genre-adjacent, but open to more emotion than genre mechanics typically allow. As HBO’s much-lauded ‘My Brilliant Friend’ — three seasons in, headed for a fourth — has demonstrated, Ferrante’s flinty prose excavates not just time and place, but class and attitudes. That these projects function as deluxe soap is down to the abrasive element of social history salted into their fragrance and colouring: To wallow in these texts is to better understand how Italians used to live.
Netflix’s new six-part adaptation of Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults” is framed as the coming-of-age of a sleuthy heroine; the mystery she stumbles into concerns her own extended family. When we meet...
Netflix’s new six-part adaptation of Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults” is framed as the coming-of-age of a sleuthy heroine; the mystery she stumbles into concerns her own extended family. When we meet...
- 1/2/2023
- by Mike McCahill
- Variety Film + TV
"You believe in lies more than the truth." Netflix has unveiled the main official trailer for The Lying Life of Adults, a mini-series adaptation of the best-selling Elena Ferrante novel of the same name. The novel first debuted in 2020 and is one of Ferrante's biggest hits. The 6-episode Italian series directed by Edoardo De Angelis stars Giordana Marengo as Giovanna, whose turbulent transition from child to adolescence against the backdrop of 1990s Naples is the center of this story. A girl in search of her true reflection in a divided city: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. Along with Marengo, the series also stars Valeria Golino as her Aunt Vittoria, with Alessandro Preziosi, Pina Turco, Azzurra Mennella, and Rossella Gamba. She seems to learn that adults live their lives full of lies, which she can see through,...
- 12/20/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"I found myself in a story that wasn't mine. That had never really started. And that nobody had ever bothered to end." Netflix has revealed the first teaser trailer for The Lying Life of Adults, a mini-series adaptation of the best-selling Elena Ferrante novel of the same name. The novel first debuted in 2020 and became instantly popular, one of Ferrante's latest hits. Her another novel was made into The Lost Daughter last year. The 6-episode Italian-language series directed by Edoardo De Angelis stars Giordana Marengo as Giovanna, whose turbulent transition from childhood to adolescence against the backdrop of 1990s Naples drives the plot. 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. Along with Marengo, the series also stars Valeria Golino as her Aunt Vittoria,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: A docuseries about one woman’s crusade against the self-styled ‘King of Revenge Porn’ is set to launch on Netflix.
The streamer has ordered three-part series The Most Hated Man on the Internet from Raw TV, the All3Media-backed production company behind vaunted true-crime docs including Don’t F**k with Cats and The Tinder Swindler.
The series will tell the story of a woman who went against Hunter Moore, a self-proclaimed “professional life ruiner” after after nude photos of her daughter were posted online.
Moore found fame in the early 2010s by founding IsAnyoneUp.com, a notorious ‘revenge porn’ hub. The site posted explicit photos of women and men, often without their permission and with devastating results. He built a cult following of those who hung on his every move.
The series, which launches on July 27, features exclusive interviews with multiple women and men who fought to have their images taken down,...
The streamer has ordered three-part series The Most Hated Man on the Internet from Raw TV, the All3Media-backed production company behind vaunted true-crime docs including Don’t F**k with Cats and The Tinder Swindler.
The series will tell the story of a woman who went against Hunter Moore, a self-proclaimed “professional life ruiner” after after nude photos of her daughter were posted online.
Moore found fame in the early 2010s by founding IsAnyoneUp.com, a notorious ‘revenge porn’ hub. The site posted explicit photos of women and men, often without their permission and with devastating results. He built a cult following of those who hung on his every move.
The series, which launches on July 27, features exclusive interviews with multiple women and men who fought to have their images taken down,...
- 6/21/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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