Nino Sarratore



Nino Sarratore is one of the main characters in the Italian television series My Brilliant Friend.

Biography
''Nino is the eldest son of the Sarratore's. He is a brilliant student, and an expressive writer. ''

He is a couple of years older than Lila and Elena. Nino has been Elena and Lila's crush for a long time, and lived in the same neighborhood as the two gilrs. However, the Sarratore family moves out of the neighborhood after the exposure of Donato (Nino's father) and Melina's (Antonio and Ada's mother) affair, on request of Lidia Sarratore. The family moves away to Naples. Nino made a proposal to Elena in elementary school, which takes little Elena by shock. Though she was delighted beyond anything she still rejects him out of nervousness. Elena cherishes that moment for a long time. Nino then re-appears in the scene when a Lila-less Elena gets to high school in Naples. Nino avoids Elena in the school, but it is later disclosed by Marisa Sarratore that he was well aware of her academic performance as well as her then relationship with the Dentist's son. He was in the senior year, while Elena was in the junior year. He wrote for the local Naples paper. His writing has been said to be brilliant, and engaging. Elena finds his writing to be "real and about real characters". Nino has a strained relationship with his father, and tries his best to avoid being around him. On the Sarratore's vacation to Ischia, Nino visits the sight only after his father has left for Naples, where he worked as a conductor. And when his father suggests of prolonging his stay in Ischia, Nino makes a run presumably to some friend on the subject of studying. During his stay in Ischia, he gets closer to Elena and also reveals his childhood proposal to be extended to both the girls. And apologizes for his misunderstanding about the concept of marriage.

Appearances
To be added Season 1 Episode 1 Season 2 Episode 6