The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-)
The dystopian world of Canada Margaret Atwood was introduced to the world in 1985, with the publication of the now multi-award winning “The Handmaid’s Tale”. In 2017, Mr Bruce Miller brings the iconic novel to the small screen, starring her Elizabeth Moss. Under the totalitarian regime of Gilead, women are captured and treated as “production machines”, forced to be fertilized by the men who rule the place. A brutal depiction of patriarchy and a symbol of the value of reproductive rights and self-determination, the series has won 15 Emmy Awards and 2 Golden Globes.
Available on Vodafone TV
The End Of The Fucking World
The End of the Fucking World (2017-2019)
A dark comedy inspired by his unconventional graphic novel Charles Frosnan, was awarded a BAFTA and was distinguished for its script and approach to its themes. The creator Jonathan Edwhistle brings to the small screen James (Alex Lowther) and Alicia (Jessica Barden), two marginalized teenagers who come together because of their shared desire to get away. A coming-of-age story infused with doses of psychopathy and self-destructiveness.
Available on Netflix
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies (2017, 2019)
Her bestseller Leanne Moriarty adapted for the small screen by David E. Kelly, in a miniseries with one of the strongest ensemble casts. With main protagonists the Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz and Celine Woodleythe Alexander Skarsgård in a pivotal role and the Meryl Streep to be added to the Season 2 cast, “Big Little Lies” unfolds like a murder investigation and ends up being an ode to female solidarity. The series was awarded multiple Emmys and Golden Globes, and was distinguished both for its subject matter and for its photography, music and direction, which is signed by Jean Marc-Vallet and the Andrea Arnold (for the first and second season respectively).
Available on Vodafone TV
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects (2018)
THE Jean-Marc Vallée returns a year later to direct the 8-episode HBO series based on her novel Gillian Flynnknown for the crime bestseller “Gone Girl” that hit the big screen in 2014. In the psychological thriller, the Oscar Amy Adams stars as a disturbed journalist who is forced by a professional assignment to return to the place where she grew up, where she will come face to face with her unstable mother (the Patricia Clarkson in a role that won her a Golden Globe) and her traumatic past.
Available on Nova and Vodafone TV
Normal People
Normal People (2020)
The television adaptation of her novel of the same title Sally Rooney“Normal People” by Lenny Abrahamson and Hattie MacDonald was released in 2020 and captivated audiences, bringing an unprecedented air of equal parts realism and romance to modern television. Starring her Daisy Edgar Jones and the Paul Mescalwho won a BAFTA for his performance, the miniseries chronicles a uniquely romantic, but mostly human, coming-of-age story, with the two leads sharing one of the strongest on-screen chemistry we’ve seen in years.
Available at Cinobo
