A masterpiece -and I don't throw that word around easily. The script was fresh, smart and humane. It touched important issues without trying to be didactic.
It's not your classic love story, so if you are looking for that I am not sure you'd be able to understand the beauty of the show or the meanings behind them; but if you are like me, and want something darker yet humane and at times sweet, then this is the show for you. It's dark, twisted, sensual, and yet it touches something inside you at the moment you least expected it. Just when you think you've made up your mind about a character, there you are changing it again.
The purpose of the series is not to expose you to a 'sick' view on sexual exploitation or grooming --but to show you how two people get tangled up together in life, how even the smallest choice can affect our lives long-term, how relationships at their core are inherently very easy but it's societal standards and expectations that make them harder, how monotony can ruin a marriage, and how what doesn't kill us doesn't necessarily make us stronger.
Again, it's a masterpiece; the cinematography and the direction are great (and at times dream-like), the performances are astounding --the show is definitely worth the watch, although it might be a bit hard for metropolitan French speakers to understand or grow accustomed enough to the Québécois accent to be able to finish or even watch the series. My Parisian ear got used to the accents after the 2nd episode.
