Before signing Indianato provoke Musset or to bring REDINGOTE as a declaration of war to conventions, it was still called Aurore Dupin. This is this pivotal moment that chooses to explore The rebel: the adventures of the young George Sandthe new Franco-Belgian mini-series in four episodes broadcast on France 2, April 14 and 21. Produced by Rodolphe Tissot (So be they, The last wave), she traces the intimate and literary metamorphosis of one of the first women of letters to live in her pen.
A youth outstanding
We are in 1830. Aurore Dupin left the castle of Nohant and her violent husband. Direction Paris, capital in full post-revolutionary boiling. She adopts a male pseudonym, George Sand, and begins to write. In this city where a wind of modernity blows, it forges a destiny of a free writer, multiplying romantic connections and subversive positions. Feminist before the hour, she embodies a generation that claims emancipation by words and acts.
The main role is entrusted to Nine d’Urso – the daughter of creator Inès de la Fressange – in her first striking appearance on television. Alongside him, Barbara Pravi (Marie Dorval), Vincent Londez (Casimir Dudevant), Aymeric Fougeron (Jules Sandeau) and Oscar Lesage (Alfred de Musset) compose a young romantic guard. The series features the artistic effervescence of Paris in the 1830s, crossing Dumas, Balzac, Sainte-Beuve and Mérimée.
A series praised for his audacity
In The time of the serieson France InterXavier Leherper greets the “Relevant point of view” adopted by the narration of The rebelwho chooses “Focusing on this period of Renaissance where Aurore (…) is recognized for her talent, but continues to experience, including in literary circles, the ambient phallocracy”. The columnist validates the interpretation “With passion” From Nine d’Urso, as well as the choice to deviate from the classic biopic to make this story an assumed rereading.
For its part, the culture service of France Info evoked “A mini-series on emancipation” and judge the entire distribution, in particular the participation of Philippe Torreton and Jean-Luc Bideau, « impeccable ». “Let us also salute the work on the sets, interiors as exterior, magnificent, and on the costumes created by Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz. And if the post-#metoo rereading in history may seem a bit supported, it is for a good cause ”concludes the media.
For his part, VL media Share a dithyrambic criticism, fascinated by “The incredible physical transformation of Urso Nine” : “She is one of her nuggets, a diamond that shines in front of us and that we especially learn to love as the action takes place before us. Rodolphe Tissot’s power of his game and the achievement of Rodolphe Tissot radiate the whole series, from start to finish. »»
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