'All The Light We Cannot See' Season Review: Not Enough Nuance | Arts
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‘All The Light We Cannot See’ Season Review: Not Enough Nuance | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
‘All The Light We Cannot See’: the new Netflix series prioritises actors over the subtlety of the novel it was based on.
Filming in Hungary, the series used Ukrainian refugees to play French refugees in WWII. "And yet again, in releasing it, we're hauntingly timely with yet another war raging," says the director.
The approach to World War II, Nazi Germany, the German occupation and the French resistance is muddy, confused and ahistorical.
Based on Anthony Doerr’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “All the Light We Cannot See” premiered on Netflix this month, dividing critics and audience.