itt: non-english-language netflix series you recommend (or not) and commentary thereon

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Currently watching Furies on Netflix — a dumb John Wick-esque show about a woman, "the Fury," who is in charge of enforcing the bylaws of the French underworld, murdering gangsters who step out of line in order to preserve the balance of power between the six big gangster families who run Paris, or whatever. Could just as easily have posted this in my international-violent-action-trash thread. It's only eight episodes but each one feels as long as a Bela Tarr movie.

Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 16 May 2024 02:39 (four months ago) link

Danish prison drama Prisoner (with Sofie Gråbøl) on BBC iPlayer is excellent.

bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Thursday, 16 May 2024 07:08 (four months ago) link

Really enjoying Prisoner, thanks for the recommendation

badg, Saturday, 25 May 2024 05:15 (four months ago) link

Started watching Hidden Theories (portugal) and I am somewhat confused about how banks work there

sarahell, Sunday, 26 May 2024 16:46 (four months ago) link

as posted on the other streaming thread, I started watching the Korean ad agency drama AGENCY on Netflix, and it hits a similar sweet spot as my other recent Korean fave STRANGER while being completely different. Two episodes in and it's already extremely twisty with a couple thoroughly despicable male agency execs engaging in a Succession-type war against the female lead. She's similar to one of the two leads in Stranger (Cho Seung-woo as Si-mok) in that the trauma of her childhood has informed her superficial coldness and callousness, which leads to those around her misunderstanding and underestimating her. Absolutely soapy OTT kinda stuff, I love it so far.

omar little, Thursday, 30 May 2024 19:10 (four months ago) link

Spymaster on iPlayer is familiar but not. it's another cold war spy drama set in the 70s with all the necessary retro fashions but this one is Romanian (and German and Russian and American)

koogs, Sunday, 2 June 2024 10:22 (four months ago) link

(a joint Hungarian Romanian production based on the credits)

koogs, Sunday, 2 June 2024 10:56 (four months ago) link

three months pass...

Parlement seems to be the Euro version of The Thick of It… anyone else seen it?

sarahell, Thursday, 5 September 2024 14:55 (four weeks ago) link

No, never heard of it! downloading now..

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 5 September 2024 17:46 (four weeks ago) link

two weeks pass...

Fourth and final series of My Brilliant Friend now streaming. Loving every minute of it so far, the new actresses are great and the script is as sharp as ever.

bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Tuesday, 24 September 2024 11:31 (one week ago) link


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