Good solid drama.
For some reason we don't get a lot of French TV in the UK; so it was great to get this mini series. I'm not too au fait with the French resistance movement during the Second World War (I only knew of the French Maquis because of Star trek DS9!), but have learnt a lot from this show, for example: I was amazed at the ages of the most of the characters in the underground movement; would the youth of today be up for it?
It's not spectacular or particularly dramatic, but instead paints a picture of what I imagine life would have been like then. It pulls on your heart strings towards the end; but the rest is quite straight forward, matter of fact and life-like. That is except for the lead role: she seems natural in front of the camera and is very pretty and all that but plays it a bit smiley and vapid for the character that she is portraying. The rest of the cast is universally solid.
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about France in the Second World War, it's the sort of thing I imagine that would be useful for educators.
For some reason we don't get a lot of French TV in the UK; so it was great to get this mini series. I'm not too au fait with the French resistance movement during the Second World War (I only knew of the French Maquis because of Star trek DS9!), but have learnt a lot from this show, for example: I was amazed at the ages of the most of the characters in the underground movement; would the youth of today be up for it?
It's not spectacular or particularly dramatic, but instead paints a picture of what I imagine life would have been like then. It pulls on your heart strings towards the end; but the rest is quite straight forward, matter of fact and life-like. That is except for the lead role: she seems natural in front of the camera and is very pretty and all that but plays it a bit smiley and vapid for the character that she is portraying. The rest of the cast is universally solid.
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about France in the Second World War, it's the sort of thing I imagine that would be useful for educators.