In France, the name of Michelle Carter does not evoke anything.
But, in the United States, this high school student was for several months the most reviled teenager in the country.
In 2017, she was convicted of manslaughter for inciting her boyfriend, Conrad, to kill himself by texting and sentenced to 15 months in prison.
It is this news item that dissects with nuance and sensitivity the series
The Girl from Plainville
, visible on Starzplay.
Worn by Elle Fanning, this reconstruction represents a disturbing chronicle of adolescent malaise.
The screenwriters Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus, behind the recent and successful
The Dropout
on Disney for one and
Dr Death
on Starzplay for the other, which were already drawn from the news, try to go beyond the black widow image that stuck to Michelle Carter's skin.
This cursed first love is the portrait of two teenagers on the margins, misunderstood by their parents and unable to communicate with them, ostracized by…
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