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Shine – unusual love in a closed world that slowly rebels
A beautiful story about forbidden, unrequited or incomplete love. Different couples, one big main story, and somehow all the strands are woven together.
As expected, Apo/Mile's performance is magnificent, but the other actors are also really good. The scenery, music, camera work and script are equally well done. I can hardly see any weaknesses worth mentioning. The series addresses the problems of the time, violence in education/family, the treatment of homosexuality at the time and the time of the hippies, political unrest, the rebellion of the population. Much of this is more relevant than ever, as the world is unfortunately regressing more and more (see, sadly, my home country of Germany, where conservatives form the government and right-wing extremists are being elected). In these uncertain times, this series hits the nail on the head in many ways, yet each episode leaves me with a positive feeling. I don't know how they do it, but they do.
The series also beautifully describes the loneliness that women felt back then, without any work in their lives. The emptiness they feel inside and their attempts to fill it with love is really palpable. Insanely well played by the Colonel's wife.
My only criticism: in the cut version, some of the actions are not entirely clear, especially in the last episode. For example, why Trin goes back to Paris is not explained. That's why I give it an overall rating of 9.5 instead of 10.
I can only recommend this series to everyone, and it definitely has rewatch potential.
As expected, Apo/Mile's performance is magnificent, but the other actors are also really good. The scenery, music, camera work and script are equally well done. I can hardly see any weaknesses worth mentioning. The series addresses the problems of the time, violence in education/family, the treatment of homosexuality at the time and the time of the hippies, political unrest, the rebellion of the population. Much of this is more relevant than ever, as the world is unfortunately regressing more and more (see, sadly, my home country of Germany, where conservatives form the government and right-wing extremists are being elected). In these uncertain times, this series hits the nail on the head in many ways, yet each episode leaves me with a positive feeling. I don't know how they do it, but they do.
The series also beautifully describes the loneliness that women felt back then, without any work in their lives. The emptiness they feel inside and their attempts to fill it with love is really palpable. Insanely well played by the Colonel's wife.
My only criticism: in the cut version, some of the actions are not entirely clear, especially in the last episode. For example, why Trin goes back to Paris is not explained. That's why I give it an overall rating of 9.5 instead of 10.
I can only recommend this series to everyone, and it definitely has rewatch potential.
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