ORevery family hides something. In this of Just a look, French miniseries in air tonight on Channel 5 (9.20 pm), the husband keeps secrets, lies and entanglements concerning previous lives that suddenly come to the surface, shaking everyone’s balance. A wife out of love is willing to do anything. But is love enough to overcome lies? The tv adaptation is inspired by Identity in the darkbestseller by Harlan Coben, script supervisor; two episodes (lthe next and last airs on Wednesday 7 September), each is made up of three episodes.
Just a look: the plot
The protagonist is Eva Beaufils (Virginie Ledoyen), guard of the National Forestry Office, happily married to Bastien (Thierry Neuvic), with whom he has two children Max (Jean-Baptiste Blanc) And Salome (Joséphine Hélin). All is well until she finds an old photo in which she recognizes her husband much younger than her. “Is this you?” She asks. But he unexpectedly denies in dry fashion to be in the photo and says he doesn’t know the other people who are with him.
It is the beginning of a drama: Bastien then takes the children to see a concert, waiting for that Eva join them the next day. But from that moment on he disappears, leaving the children in a hotel room. Evadistraught, she begins to desperately search for her husband. And, starting from that photo in which he denied his identity, Eva goes back to old acquaintances of Bastien. Digging into her past she uncovers unspeakable secrets that he wanted to keep her in the dark about.
Eva (Virginie Ledoyen) with her son Max. (Mediaset)
Advances of the first episode
Tonight the first three episodes of Just a look. In the first, the events from which the thriller begins take place. After that Eva discovers the old photo of Bastien and he denies his identity, he brings the children to a concert, deciding to spend the night on a campsite. She should go with them as well Eva, but an unexpected occurrence of her forces her to plan to join them the next day. Bastien leaves with children e disappears into thin air.
Just a look, Bastien (Thierry Neuvic). (Mediaset)
Eva think the worst, in a panic contact the police. Finally the next morning she gets a call from concierge of a hotel, which warns you that the children are fine, but they are alone in the hotel. To rescue them, he arrives Sandrine (Julie Gayet), Bastien’s sister, lawyer he hadn’t heard from in years.
In the second and third episodes, we see Eva desperately investigate the disappearance of Bastien. Next to her, to help her check Grégory (Thierry Frémont), man who Eva he met fifteen years earlier, during a fire in the Catacombs in which Grégory she lost her son and herself Eva he risked his life. Eva so she realizes that her husband is hiding secrets from some of the people portrayed in that old photo in which she recognized Bastien as a young man.
Just a look, Eva (Virginie Ledoyen) with her son Max. (Mediaset)
Digging, she discovers that her husband was renting a studio flat in Montmartre to a woman named Crystal. The house appears to be occupied by a mysterious individual named Eric. Eva understands that it was right Eric to kidnap Bastien, and sets out in pursuit of him. While she’s all busy identifying the people in that old photo, she then shows up at her house Crapaud, who says he was sent by Gregory to help her: she must protect her and the children. The mystery deepens and Eve is always haunted by the same question: because that photo is upsetting his life, what dark secrets does it hide?
Just a lookan announced success
Identity in the darka book published in 2004 in the United States, which inspired this miniseries, was a success: it sold 75 million copies worldwide. Just a look it takes up the story, but presents some differences: for example the protagonist Eva in the book was a painter, while in Just a look it’s a forest ranger. This is likely to become one cult miniseries also because the author volume, Harlan Coben, has a long experience of TV adaptations. In fact, she has already worked on the television transposition of many other books by him: they are found on Netflix The Stranger, Summer of death, Suburbia Killer, Safe, Vanished into thin air, Stay Close And Trust me. All miniseries inspired by his previous novels.
Just a look: who are the protagonists
Virginie Ledoyen, who plays Eva, is a French actress and model with a strong resume and prestigious jobs. For example, in 1991 she starred with Marcello Mastroianni And Michel Piccoli in the movie Le Voleur d’enfants. On TV, she was Cosette in the 2000 miniseries The Miserables, broadcast by Canale 5.
Thierry Neuvicwhich he interprets Bastienhas instead appeared in numerous films, from Sherlock Holmes-A Game of Shadows to Belle & Sebastien, in which Pierre played Sebastien’s father.
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