TV Release: 2015-10-18 Torrent Release: 14-08-2017 by user
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TV Show Genre:
Drama
Runtime:
60 min.
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Awards:
3 wins & 10 nominations
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The ABC miniseries The Beautiful Lie is the latest screen adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (1877).
"The Beautiful Lie is anything but predictable. Given a contemporary makeover, this Anna (played by Sarah Snook) and her husband, Alexander (Rodger Corser), are sporting “nobility”.
Modern day tennis celebrities, their transition from Tolstoy’s 19th century Russia to 21st century Australia is within a familiar context, while Vronsky’s military potency is translated to that of indie record producer, Skeet (Benedict Samuel), the sexy outsider. It is difficult to see how this seemingly radical recalibration of Tolstoy’s narrative can possibly work, but it does.
The Bell/Gavin script has a particularly Australian flavor to it. The heady story of love and obsession is of relevance to all times but what’s achieved in this adaptation is a similarly telling critique of a society at a specific moment in time. Layers of family drama unfold, exposing the same levels of dysfunctionality, the same preoccupation with matters of infidelity.
Bell’s award winning work on two earlier TV drama adaptations Puberty Blues (2012), The Slap (2011) feeds into her depiction of sexual exploration and familial disputes. Gavin, a co-writer on Puberty Blues, is also an award-winning writer of relationship dramas including Offspring (2010).
All play out against a decidedly Australian cultural and geographical backdrop. But what’s handled with aplomb in this modern take on Anna Karenina is the humour that is so often left out of adaptations of Russian realist literature. The marital strife of Anna’s brother Kingsley and his wife Dolly is infused with gentle comedy, and Kitty’s adolescent angst strikes a familiar chord.
In The Beautiful Lie, Sarah Snook and her Vronsky, Benedict Samuel, convince us of the inevitability of their union. But the series takes us one step closer to the heat of the affair in a most unusual reversal of narrative “voice”.
In this adaptation Anna’s dominant voiceover positions us with her from the outset, filtering our experience of the drama as it unfolds, and creating a pseudo confessional intimacy with the viewer.
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Extras from DVD/TBL Extras 2 - Can Love Survive Infidelity 360p x265.mp4
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Extras from DVD/TBL Extras 3 - Marlon Williams 360p x265.mp4
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Extras from DVD/TBL Extras 5 - Kitty and Peter 360p x265.mp4
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Extras from DVD/The Beautiful Lie Meet Marlon Williams.mp4