The Arte channel begins broadcasting the Swedish miniseries Evil this Thursday, November 28. Is this drama unmissable? Télé-Loisirs gives you some answers.
A week after broadcasting the excellent British series The Killer CodeArte changes direction by programming from 8:55 p.m. this Thursday, November 28, a new miniseries, this time from Sweden: Evil. Do you absolutely have to tune into Arte and skip Commander Saint Barth on TF1 or Murders in Colmar on France 3? Télé-Loisirs gives you its opinion.
Evil : What is the miniseries broadcast from Thursday November 28 on Arte about?
In the 1950s, in Sweden. Eric (Isac Calmrotha real revelation) is a turbulent and troubled young man. Protected by his mother, he is regularly beaten by an authoritarian and violent stepfather. Expelled from his high school for having injured a classmate, he is forced to join the prestigious private boarding school of Stjernsberg, a place of education for all of the country's high society. Within the establishment, Erik discovers a world made of implacable hierarchy, violence erected as a system of domination, total and regular humiliation, organized injustice…
Evil : Should we watch the miniseries broadcast this Thursday, November 28 on Arte? Our opinion
Inspired by the Swedish journalist's bestseller Jan Guillou, Evil is not friendly or pleasant. It is violent, harsh, uncompromising, psychologically stifling, often visually taxing. It offers little respite. It reflects its subject: the birth of evil. She addresses this theme head-on. And she does it without unhealthy voyeurism, fascinating sadomasochism, outrageous stylization, clearly showing the mechanism and its harshness without ever highlighting it. A real dizziness. You have been warned. In Evilevil is not innate but acquired and, above all, reproduced. Once it takes root, evil becomes both a shield and a weapon, an instrument of caste protection and subjugation of the weak. And its logic is ruthless: evil begets evil. Within the boarding school, populated by young boys all from high society, violence is glorified and domination celebrated. Any form of resistance to this violent mold is repressed. As if the very notion of humanity had been misguided and diverted. In Evilbeauty, light and the hope of salvation, symbolized by the character of Marja (embodied by the radiant and touching Thea Sofie Loch Næssseen previously in the series Delete Me) are fleeting and fragile, making the whole thing all the more tragic and poignant. Among the dozens of traumatic lines that will resonate in your head after seeing it, two sentences make you shudder: “We are all someone’s victim.” et “If evil exists, it is because we chose it.” Are you going to spend a joyful and light evening in front of Evil ? Certainly not. Will your evening be successful if you watch this Swedish miniseries? Clearly yes.
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