The theme of the week: the representation of the couple
Teenage passions of Glee, to the loves of the gang of thirty Friends through the questioning of the septuagenarians of Grace and Frankie, love is a recurring theme in the series. Intimacy, desire, quarrel, parenthood … How is the couple, both universal and multi-faceted, portrayed in the series? How do fictions feed our representations of love? Can series be tools for sex education?
In this episode of SERIELAND, Eva Roque is interested in love in the series with the serivorous journalist Marion Olité and the love coaching professional Florence Escaravage.
The recce of the week: Normal People
Normal People tells the love story of Marianne, an intelligent young woman, full of repartee and lonely, and Connell, the athletic hunk from high school. The series traces their romance, from high school to college. The pitch is simple but the staging is of great finesse. Normal People takes us back to our first adolescent emotions and sheds light on the upsetting period of the passage to adulthood. The actors Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal illuminate this amorous passion. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Saly Rooney, a literary success across the Channel, Normal People manages to move us by the grace of its intimate and delicate scenes.
1 season, 12 episodes of about 25 minutes to watch on Starzplay and Canal + series.
The backstage column: A nanny from hell and an arranged marriage
If like us you devoured the sitcom A nanny from hell, when it was on M6 in the 90s, you were surely marked by the wedding scene. In season 5, eccentric nanny Fran Fine married his wealthy employer, Maxwell Sheffield. However the co-creator of the series and interpreter of the nanny, Fran Drescher, had not planned at all that this union would see the light of day …
SERIELAND also recommends you: Dickinson
The series tells the story of the youth of American poet Emily Dickinson. She had a strong friendship with her sister-in-law Susan Gilbert who was her confidante and her first reader. The series turns this friendship into a love story. Season 2 centers on Emily Dickinson’s creative process and her quest for stardom. It’s a feminist series that uses the art of anachronism with finesse and humor. The staging is clever and the playing of the excellent Hailee Steinfeld takes us into the head of this literary genius.
2 seasons, 20 episodes of about 30 minutes to watch on Apple TV +
The guest: Florence Escaravage
Florence Escaravage is the founder of the company in love counseling Love Intelligence.
The guest’s favorite: Outlander
We are in 1945, when Claire, a nurse of war, finds herself suddenly propelled in 1743. In this world which is unknown to her, she meets and falls in love with the ancestor of her husband. Outlander shows all the trials that a couple can go through through the character of Claire, a modern woman who fights to make her relationship her priority.
5 seasons, 67 episodes of about 60 minutes to watch on Netflix.
The SERIELAND team:
Author and presentation: Eva Roque
Columnist: Clémence Olivier
Director: Christophe Pierrot
Editorial project manager: Timothée Magot
Distribution and publishing: Salomé Journo
Preparation: Magali Butault
Graphics: Karelle Villais
European Direction 1 Studio: Olivier Lendresse
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