Ferrante Fever is a documentary film about Italian writer Elena Ferrante, directed by Giacomo Durzi. Plot With over 10 million copies of her Neapolitan Novels sold in over 50 countries, Elena Ferrante is a global literary sensation. She was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2016, and HBO is in the process of adapting the novels into the TV show My Brilliant Friend. A journey between New York City's cultural hub and Ferrante's native Italy, the film explores how an anonymous author's visceral tales of friendship between women gained such an enthusiastic following. Hillary Clinton, Roberto Saviano, Elizabeth Strout, Jonathan Franzen and translator Ann Goldstein are some of the interviewed people, and speaking about the Ferrante "craze" and what makes her work—and her mysterious persona—so uniquely captivating. Reception The film received mixed reviews, with a 47% review on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 52 metascore on Metacritic. The Guardian called it an "enticing portrayal", while NPR called it "A Literary Phenomenon, Lovingly Explored". The New York Times, on the other hand, called the documentary "bland", while the LA Times notices that the film was "unlikely to satisfy your literary curiosity". References External links 2017 documentary films Elena Ferrante Italian documentary films Documentary films about writers Rai Cinema films 2010s English-language films English-language Italian films