Produced by Paris-based outfit Mother Productions and sold internationally by eOne, the six-part limited series “La Garçonne” offers a playful, gender-bending spin on the period potboiler. Set duri…
, “The Guardians”) loses the hard-won freedoms she gained during the First World War, witnesses two government goons murdering a family friend, and for her trouble, gets framed for the murder.
“The sister wants to become a cop, only France did not allow woman police officers until 1968, and the brother wishes to be a painter, even though his father expected him to join the force. So it’s about this idea of freedom – men and women rejecting the roles they were assigned.” “The detective aspect allowed us to explore every strata of this society, to explore many different aspects of Parisian life of that era,” Lancelot explains. “We were interested in the post-war social scene. There was this incredible modernity, a kind of lust for life. Paris was really the center of the artistic and creative world then, and we wanted to find a central mystery that would allow us to incorporate all of that.
As they developed the series – which casts period-specific luminaries like Coco Chanel, Amedeo Modigliani and Man Ray into supporting roles – the producers drew from Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” in order to depict Lost Generation Paris.
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