A TALE OF TWO CITIES
KIT HARINGTON AND FRANCOIS CIVIL IMAGES
BBC One and MGM + have issued first images from their TV series adaptation of Charles Dickens' A TALE OF TWO CITIES. The four parter will be set in London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and
Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack)
has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris - her
father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger,
idealistic French emigré, Charles
Darnay (François Civil), is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington),
to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down
her
father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful
and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and
Lucie is torn
over which one to choose. Yet neither man - physically so alike,
spiritually poles apart - can escape the other. Instead, they find
themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs,
tragedies, marriage, and murder. The series will arrive sometime this year.
Britain. A young woman, Lucie Manette (Mirren Mack)
has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris - her
father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive. The messenger,
idealistic French emigré, Charles
Darnay (François Civil), is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton (Kit Harington),
to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down
her
father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful
and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love, and
Lucie is torn
over which one to choose. Yet neither man - physically so alike,
spiritually poles apart - can escape the other. Instead, they find
themselves bound together in life and death, through triumphs,
tragedies, marriage, and murder. The series will arrive sometime this year.
I can't believe that I have never seen A Tale of Two Cities.
ReplyDeleteYou mean read? I cannot remember if it was ever adapted before, but it probably was, the book itself was mildly boring to me.
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