

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…
TV-MA • Drama • Series • 2023 • 1 season
Starring: Giordana Marengo, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Preziosi
Created by: Edoardo De Angelis

S1 E1 - Beauty
After Giovanna overhears her father’s comment comparing her to his estranged sister, the teen travels to a rough part of Naples to meet her aunt.
Jan 4, 2023 • 50m

S1 E2 - Resemblance
Giovanna accompanies Vittoria to Enzo’s grave and learns about their family’s falling out. A conversation about passion awakens something in Giovanna.
Jan 4, 2023 • 51m

S1 E3 - Bitterness
Giovanna’s friends clash with Vittoria on a visit to the slums. The bracelet Vittoria gifted Giovanna as a baby turns up in an unexpected place.
Jan 4, 2023 • 46m

S1 E4 - Loneliness
A secret gets out and unravels two families. Giovanna fails out of school and has her first sexual encounter. Vittoria demands her bracelet back.
Jan 4, 2023 • 53m

S1 E5 - Love
Giovanna’s interest in a charming young religious scholar rankles her worldly father. It also irritates Vittoria, who is wary of the teen's intentions.
Jan 4, 2023 • 41m

S1 E6 - Truth
On a trip to Milan to visit Roberto, Giovanna wrestles with wanting to be seen as the scholar’s equal or something else.
Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 1m
The Lying Life of Adults
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.
TV-MA • Drama • TV Series • 2023