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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

We're starting our tour in one of the city's bustlingmarkets where you get a real sense...

[speaking in Italian] Richard narrates:
We're starting our tour in one of the city's bustling
markets where you get a real sense of
the kind of local community Ferrante sets out at the start
of 'My Brilliant Friend'

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[speaking in Italian]
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Richard narrates: We're starting our tour
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in one of the city's bustling markets
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where you get a real sense of the kind of local community
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Ferrante sets out at the start of 'My Brilliant Friend'.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
64
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:05
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E03 He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
He was astonished when he came up to the Alhambra
S01 • E02 "It was something as much slower than a walk, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"It was something as much slower than a walk,
S01 • E01 Sophia has a surprise in store - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Sophia has a surprise in store
S01 • E02 "It kept me hanging on each foot - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"It kept me hanging on each foot
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: Today, the great palace - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: Today, the great palace
S01 • E01 Pasquale's family have been managing this water stall, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Pasquale's family have been managing this water stall,
S01 • E02 "In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"In five minutes, it exhausted the spirit
S01 • E03 For eight centuries, from 711 AD, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
For eight centuries, from 711 AD,
S01 • E01 Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Traditionally, you'd find these in the markets
S01 • E01 And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
And now they sell anything from wine to Coca-Cola
S01 • E02 But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
But speed wasn't the point for Stevenson,
S01 • E03 - The Moors, when the Christians came here, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
- The Moors, when the Christians came here,
S01 • E03 They were even obliged to be baptised, too. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
They were even obliged to be baptised, too.
S01 • E02 He says, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
He says, "I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.
S01 • E01 Then he's going to add this water to the lemons, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Then he's going to add this water to the lemons,
S01 • E03 The city became quite a different city, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
The city became quite a different city,
S01 • E02 "The great affair is to move, to feel the needs - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"The great affair is to move, to feel the needs
S01 • E01 And this is a sulphuric water - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
And this is a sulphuric water
S01 • E02 "To come down off this feathered bed of civilisation - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
"To come down off this feathered bed of civilisation
S01 • E03 He was in the side of the persecuted - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:21
He was in the side of the persecuted