What is it about?
Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew meet on their college graduation day, July 15, 1988. They will grow up, grow closer and grow apart, experience joy and sorrow together.
Who is he with?
After Lon Scherfig’s big screen adaptation with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, the novel one day The series has once again been adapted by David Nicholls. Two talents unknown to the general public were chosen to play the two title roles of Emma and Baxter in One Day.
Thus, Ambika Mode and Leo Woodle, revealed in Season 2 of The White Lotus in This Is Going to Hurt series, play a brand new and fresh version of this essential romantic pair, which deserves to be known more.
Is it worth checking out?
Serial remakes of works already adapted into films set the tone for the start of the year on the small screen. After the new (successful!) version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, it’s the turn of a bestseller one day
Thirteen years after the first film adaptation by Lon Scherfig, with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, by David Nichols, it will be brought up to date.Netflix
If this joyful, charming and melancholy drama unfortunately went under the radar when it was released – except for seasoned fans of complicated romance – the new Netflix adaptation will be able to shine a light on this sparkling romance between Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley (or Dexer Mayhew). and Em for close friends).
Because the story between Dexter and Emma isn’t a simple silly joke. After first meeting on the evening of their university graduation in Edinburgh on July 15, 1988, Dexter and Emma will forever be linked by the vagaries of life and this symbolic date of St-Swithnes Day.
In British folklore, this particular day, named after Swithin, Bishop of Winchester, is an important turning point. Popular belief is that if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain for 40 days, but if it is sunny, there will be 40 days of good weather.
And the weather, whether it’s good or bad, whether it’s past or present, is one of the key elements of Dexter and Emma’s story that we’ll follow for nearly twenty years, each time on the same day.
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In line with their friendship-love, One Day plays with tone and style by depicting English society over several decades, describing the torments, delusions and anxieties of a new generation and maintaining its comedy of comedy aspects.
A formula that works better
With such basic material, the series team had all the cards in hand to transform rough diamonds into gems. And this new iteration of Un Jour is definitely that.
The serial format was the perfect storytelling mode for this extraordinary romance, which can be enjoyed binge-watching all 14 episodes or spacing out your viewing sessions at will.
Each episode tells a year, a tone, a state of mind, a mindset, joy, sorrow, ordeal, success, disillusionment for Dexter and Emma and does so with authenticity, sharp humor and humanity, without ever falling flat. In stupidity, obscenity or darkness.
Another big serial with an eye on the side of success – the common people, to name it – one day managed to capture the emotional intelligence and narrative power of its source material and transcend it to the screen with attention to precious details, well-thought-out flashbacks and Bright temporal connections.
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This format allows us to give this couple more depth, even if they repeat the main points of the book and film exactly, but with more hours to sink our teeth into, we become more attached to them. And for those who already know the story, the result is even more heartbreaking, when we already know what awaits us.
Apart from its brilliant script, One Day obviously relies on its lead pair of actors – Leo Woodall and Ambika Mode, who bring their freshness, their humour, their charm and their sensitivity with such ease and sincerity that it is hard to believe that they At the beginning of the career.
Obviously, the supporting roles, which are more obvious than in the film, are not left out due to the pure acting of actors like AC Davis (Matrix Reloaded, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Nitrum), Tim McInerney (Love at First Sight). Notting Hill, The Serpent), Amber Grappi (The Baby), Jonny Weldon (House of the Dragon) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark, A Glimmer of Hope).
In short, One Day is a successful new adaptation that will move you from laughter to tears, that will give you the sharp mirror you need, and most of all that will make you feel more alive than ever to the rhythm of a cleverly chosen soundtrack. .
The One Day series is available on Netflix.