What scenario could be richer in emotion than real life? Isn’t it said that reality surpasses fiction? The series love to take on real-life stories. The audience love to shiver, laugh or cry while watching them. On a personal level, I find a selfish comfort in the fact that my life isn’t so bad after all. And when I watch a biopic, I feel like I’m learning something.
Series based on true events can sometimes lack daring in their artistic choices (overly classic adaptations), but they are generally very interesting.
- Alexander / Netflix / History /A beautiful docu-series focused on the period of the first part of the conquests (Persia and Egypt).
- A man on the inside / Netflix / Comedy / A retired bored professor is hired by a private detective to infiltrate a retirement community. [based on Maite Alberdi’s 2020 documentary The Mole Agent]
- Apple Cider Vinegar / Netflix / Drama / Australia, 2012-2015. the journey of two young women battling cancer. One of them lies.
- The Empress / Neflix / History / From 1854, the fate of the famous “Sisi”, empress Elizabeth of Austria. A romantic series, faithful to historical reality
- The English game / Netflix / History – sports / At the end of 19th century, workers’ teams begin to play football against aristocrats. How can the game be fair? [based on the true life of the three main footballers]
- The law according to Lidia Poët / Netflix / History – feminism / Italy, 1883. Based on the true story of the first female advocate, investigating crime in the serie.
- Marco Polo / Netflix / History / From 1270 to 1272, the first years of the famous explorer at the court of the great Kubilai Khan, in China
- Peaky Blinders / Netflix / History – action / Birmingham, 1920. A ruthless gypsy family takes control of all the city’s trafficking. Beautiful and powerful ! [the characters are fictional, but the gang was real]
- The sticky / Amazon / Comedy / An unlikely trio improvise an unimaginable heist: to steal the maple syrup stock. [the characters are fictional, but this incredible heist did happen!]
- Tapie / Netflix / Politics / France, between 1960 and 1995. The rise and fall of the very charismatic businessman Bernard Tapie
- A thousand blows / Disney+ / History – sports & drama / London, 1880. From East End to rich districts, a Jamaican man become a boxing star. By the creator of Peaky Blinders. [based on the life of Hezekiah Moscow, crossed with the real story of a woman gang named the 40 elephants]
- Toxic town / Netflix / Health scandal / Corby, Northamptonshire, in the 1990’s. Several mothers give birth to children with deformities. They will seek justice [the characters are fictional, but the story real]