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HBO originally wanted to move Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend from Italy to Brooklyn
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Director Sarah Doole says "we really had to stand by our point to obtain maximum fidelity to the books," so HBO allowed the drama to be set in post-war Italy.
TOPICS: My Brilliant Friend, HBO, Elena Ferrante, Sarah Doole
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