“This rereading of Jules Verne is a love letter to the world, conceived at a time when the borders, from Brexit to Donald Trump and the migration crisis, were closing. We wanted to return to the sources of the traveling utopia, ”
explains Simon Crawford Collins in the preamble. The British producer is at the helm of the joint adaptation of the BBC, France Televisions and ZDF of the classic
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours
. This journey carried by a David Tennant
(The Kendrick Mystery, Doctor Who)
in great shape will delight adventure fans, but will bristle purists. Something to stay in the controversial line of recent adaptations of France 2 -
Emma Bovary
and
Germinal
- ambitious but flawed.
At least this world tour remains fun and entertaining!
Incongruous ellipses
Apart from the name of the characters and the crossing of the globe from West to East, Ashley Pharoah and her team of writers reinvent everything.
"The novel was a source of inspiration,"
he assumed at Canneséries.
The Fogg of ...
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