(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 13 - Little Osea Island, in the English county of Essex, on the mouth of the Blackwater river: 1.5 square kilometers of land connected to the river bank by a causeway, covered for part of the day by high water.
It is the disturbing and fascinating setting of The Third Day, a drama / mystery / supernatural / horror miniseries, dominated by violent sacrificial and islander pagan rituals that all appear to be members or victims of a sect, debuting with two episodes at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Scanned by three chapters, Summer (three episodes), Autumn (ununico episode event, live film without interruptions as a theatrical unapièce) and Winter (three episodes), produced by Hbo with SkyStudios (among the executive producers also Brad Pitt with his Plan B) , the fiction, conceived as an immersive journey, has a cast led by Jude Law and Naomie Harris, along with other great actors such as Katherine Waterston, Paddy Considine and EmilyWatson.
In 'Summer', the protagonist is Jude Law in the role of Sam, a forty-year-old struggling with a family / work emergency, who finds himself saving a mysterious teenager, Epona (JessieRoss) and decides to accompany her back to the island of Hosea, where she lives.
The man in an evening in which he loses lucidity, surrounded by increasingly threatening characters, worried begins to explore the island, a decision that does not turn out to be wise.
The separate chapter 'Autumn' will introduce you to 'Winter' in which the protagonist is Helen (Naomie Harris) who arrives on the island with her two girls (the eldest is about to be 14 years old) for a weekend (perhaps) of vacation.
He found himself among shocked and silent islanders, traumatized by some event that just happened, who would just like to send it back.
Helen, however, needs answers and doesn't want to give up.
For Jude Law, his character, Sam, "is a man who is escaping from something very dark that has happened to him and that he still carries inside - he explained in an interview with SkyTg24 -. There are many beautiful metaphors in this path that reflect his inner journey ".
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