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“The Lady's Game”, “Kalifat”, “Mission Impossible”… 5 series that we loved so much

2020-11-22T11:25:39.855Z


Every Sunday, one of our journalists opens the secret garden of his favorite series, recent or old.The slap: "The game of the lady" When you were born into a family of players where women are much better than men, no choice, you have to see "The game of the Lady". Thanks my sisters! With "The Queen's Gambit", I rediscovered these card game atmospheres that drag on until no time and those adrenaline rushes that make you happy. Or not. I took great pleasure in following Beth Harmon, masterfully


The slap: "The game of the lady"

When you were born into a family of players where women are much better than men, no choice, you have to see "The game of the Lady".

Thanks my sisters!

With "The Queen's Gambit", I rediscovered these card game atmospheres that drag on until no time and those adrenaline rushes that make you happy.

Or not.

I took great pleasure in following Beth Harmon, masterfully performed by Anya Taylor Joy, and her obsession with becoming the world number 1 in chess.

Never has addiction been so well played.

“The Lady's Game”,

one season (2020) available on Netflix.

The addictive: "Kalifat"

Let's be honest, when a friend advised me on yet another series on Syria, the Islamic State organization, religious indoctrination, I kindly passed my turn.

We were in full confinement and if I had time, I especially wanted softness.

She insisted once.

Twice.

I gave in.

From Raqqa, Daesh's stronghold, to Stockholm, I spent my weekend swallowing the 8 episodes of 52 minutes.

I couldn't let go of Pervin, Fatima and Sulle, three immigrant women with incredible destinies.

This series is freezing realism and months later, I think about it often ...

“Kalifat”,

one season (2020) available on Netflix.

The escape: "Downton Abbey"

It was long before "The Crown" and Netflix.

In a not so distant time when we still offered DVDs at Christmas!

I remember swallowing the first three seasons in one go.

To have also invented a terrible toothache to dry a dinner so as not to miss a new episode.

With "Downton Abbey", from which a film was shot, I slipped with delight into the daily life of this English aristocratic family.

Family dramas, disappointed and happy loves, class struggle, intrigue with small onions… So perfect.

“Downton Abbey”,

six seasons (2010-2015) available on Amazon Prime Video and on Salto.

The nugget: "Broadchurch"

I really find it hard to say what I liked best about Broadchurch.

The absolutely brilliant acting duo of Olivia Colman and David Tennant as investigators Ellie Miller and Alec Hardy?

The devilishly well-crafted plot around the murder of a young child from which no one comes out unscathed?

Or even this so British atmosphere with this off-season decor in a seaside resort?

When the series was released on France 2 in February 2014, I fell in love with the first 5 minutes.

I remember that excitement of having to wait a week to watch the next episode.

“Broadchurch”,

three seasons (2013-2017) available on Amazon Prime Video.

The madeleine: "Mission Impossible"

“Hello, Mr. Phelps.

Your mission, if however you accept it… ”.

Whoever has seen “Mission Impossible”, the series, in his life will never forget this brilliant introduction and this crazy credits where the cracking match starts up heady music.

At the end of the 1980s, the late 5 began broadcasting this already cult spy series from the 1960s. Seven seasons, 171 episodes.

While I haven't seen them all, I've spent a number of jubilant evenings with Jim Phelps played by Peter Graves and his gang of spies.

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"Mission impossible",

seven seasons (1966-1973) available in DVD sets.

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