The Lying Life of Adults

50min

Drama

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.

Episodes

Cast

Beauty

1. Beauty

50min

4th Jan 2023

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.

Resemblance

2. Resemblance

51min

4th Jan 2023

Giovanna accompanies Vittoria to Enzo’s grave and learns about their family’s falling out. A conversation about passion awakens something in Giovanna.

Bitterness

3. Bitterness

46min

4th Jan 2023

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.

Loneliness

4. Loneliness

53min

4th Jan 2023

A secret gets out and unravels two families. Giovanna fails out of school and has her first sexual encounter. Vittoria demands her bracelet back.

Love

5. Love

41min

4th Jan 2023

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.

Truth

6. Truth

1h 1min

4th Jan 2023

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

First air date

4th Jan 2023

Last air date

4th Jan 2023

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

it

Networks