Five series not to be missed at Séries Mania – Le Monde

“Jeune et Golri” (French competition): a nice tale on the coming of age

The umpteenth offspring of the marriage between series and stand-up, the creation of Agnès Hurstel, Léa Domenach and Victor Saint Macary tells about the electrical relations between Prune (Agnès Hurstel), a young comedian in the daily life of a belated teenager, and Alma, the daughter of her new boyfriend (Jonathan Lambert), much older than her. First as a dog and a cat, the big and the little girl manage to tame, then to form an alliance. Do not stop at the somewhat painful “2.0” talk of this bunch of actors from the middle of open scenes, nor the triviality of certain gags, the comic mayonnaise ends up taking and transforming this pochade into a pretty tale on the way. adulthood. AF

“L’Opéra” (French competition): an ultra-realistic approach to the dance world

Despite the brevity of his stint at the Paris Opera, Benjamin Millepied must be recognized for having contributed to dusting off the image of the institution, even giving it a certain trendiness. Opera, which features a fallen star dancer (Ariane Labed) and a young “supernumerary” – hired for a season – black (Suzy Bemba), badly received by her new colleagues, could be one of the welcome consequences. And on this potentially perilous path – Darren Aronofsky having largely occupied the field with Black swan -, the creation of Cécile Ducrocq and Benjamin Adam stands out with an ultra-realistic approach to this microcosm, a miniature reproduction of society and its injustices. AF

“The Last Socialist Artefact” (international panorama): a dark comedy about socialism in the Balkans

We will not immediately understand what brought Oleg and Nikola, who came from Zagreb, to this small provincial town. During the introductory “road trip”, it is about an old factory, a legendary but untraceable engineer and an unreachable investor … The object of their quest is in fact a forgotten factory, which once manufactured turbines. and that the two men intend to restart in order to restore a little luster to a region now devastated. Adapted from the novel The Turbines of the Titanic, by Robert Perisic, by Ankica Juric Tilic, The Last Socialist Artifact is a black comedy on the imagination that socialism continues to carry in this part of the Balkans. Its superbly mastered production and endearing actors make it a discovery not to be missed. AF

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