I meant to watch TV series because each episode is much shorter than a film, but of course I always end up binging the whole season in one or two days. At least I could still say that I watch French TV series to keep up with my French. Here are some good ones:
1. Voltaire High (Mixte in French): how shocked I was to learn that co-education didn’t begin in France until early 1960s, and women were not allowed to own their own bank accounts until 1965. What achievements we have made in the last half century, and what a long way to go still! And those disturbing and unpredictable coming of age stories, I imagined in my mind what if the protagonist was my own daughter, my own son. I cannot protect them from everything, and I don’t think it’s necessary to protect them from everything. Their life is for them to experience, just as we have been experiencing and living ours. What I will do is to stand by their side with as few judgements or prejudices as possible. Huh, might be easier said than done. Very much looking forward to season 2. 2. Call My Agent! (Dix Pour Cent in French): very interesting and intriguing with great performances by the leading roles, and supporting roles which are played by top stars as themselves. Isn’t this a great idea for TV series? If I have to name one thing that I have learnt from watching it, it is stop telling lies, even the good ones, the harmless ones. Life would be much simpler, and probably better, if we don’t tell lies but just true feelings. 3. Family Business (fashionably it only has an English name): a hilarious comedy, a family’s fantasy. 4. Lupin: I am never a big fan of detective stories. Mr. Know-All just seems to have too much luck in every case. If you admit that you are just pretending to be Mr. Know-All, it’s fun to watch, as in “Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie”, but if you are seriously trying to be a real Mr. Know-All, it’s pretty lame. Nevertheless, Monsieur Omar Sy is so pleasant to watch, n’est-ce pas? 5. The Forest (La Forêt in French): a great suspense story with multiple well-developed characters.
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