is ready to air in Italy and in the U.S., where the high-end show based the third book in Elena Ferrante’s quadrilogy has been set for a Feb. 28 debut on HBO and HBO Max.
The eight-episode adaptation of Ferrante’s 1970s-set novel, “Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay,” was unveiled Wednesday during an online presser held in Rome by RAI, ahead of its premiere on Feb. 6 on the pubcaster’s flagship RAI 1 station.: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay” follows Lila , who married at 16, has a young son, left her husband and comfortable life and is now working in a factory under tough conditions.
the Naples neighborhood, earned her college degree and published a successful novel, all of which has opened doors to an affluent and high-brow world. Both women, in different ways, are pushing against the boundaries of a life of misery, ignorance and submission. They navigate the opportunities that have opened up due to 1970s societal changes, and they are still very much bound to each other.
Stylistically, while the first two seasons, directed mostly by Saverio Costanzo, took their cue respectively from Neorealism and the French New Wave, the third installment, directed by veteran Italian auteur Daniele Luchetti references U.S. indie cinema of the 1970s, specifically the works of John Cassavetes, especially in the way Luchetti worked with his actors.
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