The Lying Life of Adults

An intimate, melancholic coming-of-age portrait that pulls you into a girl's restless search for identity amid family secrets and a city's divided soul.

Created by

Edoardo De Angelis

Genres

Drama

Starring

Giordana Marengo, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Preziosi

Overview

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.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Coming-of-age, identity, family, class

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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