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Women at War (TV series)

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Woman at War is an eight-episode Franco-Belgian historical miniseries created by Camille Treiner and Cécile Lorne and originally aired on Belgian and French television in September 2022.

It has been available on Netflix since October 28, 2022 for French viewers and since January 19, 2023 internationally. It was on the Netflix top 10 shows in 58 countries the following week.[1][2].

Synopsis

1914, during WW1, the destinies of four women intersect: Marguerite de Lancastel, a mysterious Parisian sex worker; Caroline Dewitt, propelled to the head of the family factory; Mother Agnès, Mother Superior of a requisitioned convent; and Suzanne Faure, a feminist nurse[3][4]

Distribution

  • Covent
    • Julie de Bona: Mother Agnès
    • Camille Lou: Suzanne Faure, military nurse
    • Tom Leeb: Joseph Duvernet, military doctor
    • Laurent Gerra: Abbé Vautrin
    • Marie Mallia: Sister Geneviève
    • Maeva Dambron: Sister Clarence
    • Bélinda Portoles: Sister Bélinda
  • Truck Factory
    • Sofia Essaïdi: Caroline Dewitt
    • Lionel Erdogan: Victor Dewitt
    • Sandrine Bonnaire: Éléonore Dewitt
    • Grégoire Colin: Charles Dewitt
    • Stacy Grewis Belotti: Madeleine Dewitt
    • Michaël Vander-Meiren: Jean
    • Aurélie Boquien: Denise
    • Catherine Artigala: Germaine
  • Brothel
    • Audrey Fleurot: Marguerite de Lancastel
    • Yannick Choirat: Marcel Dumont
    • Florence Loiret-Caille: Yvonne Dumont
    • Eden Ducourant : Juliette
    • Emmanuelle Bouaziz: Florence
    • Juliette Poissonnier: Alice
    • Lilea Le Borgne: Solange
    • Laure Franquès: Catherine
    • Candice Pauilhac: Odile
  • French army
    • Tchéky Karyo: General Duvernet
    • Édouard Eftimakis: Lieutenant Léon Duvernet
    • Maxence Danet-Fauvel: Colin de Renier
    • Mikaël Mittelstadt: Gus
    • Thomas Salsmann: Brief
    • Jérémy Wulc: Lieutenant Passembec
    • Hervé Sogne: Colonel Keller
    • Samuel Giuranna: Colonel Lehmann
    • Nicolas Van Beveren: Captain Maurice Delille

Reception

The series has received an average score of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes[5] and a a weighted average vote of 7,5 / 10 on IMDb[6].

Joel Keller writes in his review on Decider: "STREAM IT. Women At War starts off a bit dry, but by the end of its first episode, viewers can see that the drama will start to be amped up, beyond the violence inherent in war."[7]

References

  1. ^ https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/netflix-top-100-movies-series-week-3-2023/
  2. ^ https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/series/la-serie-accede-au-top-10-de-netflix-dans-58-pays-lincroyable-succes-des-combattantes-25-01-2023-DDDYL7ECLJC5FOHSBII3AR3NMY.php
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14579330/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  4. ^ https://decider.com/2023/01/19/women-at-war-netflix-review/
  5. ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/women_at_war/s01
  6. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14579330/ratings/?ref_=tt_ov_rt
  7. ^ Keller, Joel. "Stream it or skip it : Women at War". Decider.com. New York Post. Retrieved 2 February 2023.