Talk about Margaret Atwood is to do so from one of the great American writers of today. The Canadian author has been recognized for her work throughout the world and, in Spain, she won the Princess of Asturias award in 2008. The audiovisual has known how to read between the lines and has immersed herself in the novels of Atwood, an eternal candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. . The last raid was carried out Netflix with Alias Grace.
Atwood posted Alias Grace in 1996. The novel, based on real events, earned him the Giller Prize and, in our country, it has been published by Salamandra. For years, Sarah Polley walked behind Alias Grace to take it to the movies. The winner of an Oscar for the screenplay They speak He said in 2012 that the novel would be made into a film.
Plans have changed since then and, in 2017, The “movie” was transformed into a miniseries written by Polley and Atwood herself. (who makes a cameo), and directed by May Harron (American psycho). If the adaptation did not attract all the attention it deserved, it is because, that same year, Hulu immersed itself in another novel by the Canadian that was one of the phenomena of the season: The Handmaid’s Tale.
‘Alias Grace’: Synopsis
Based on true events, this six-episode miniseries moves to Canada in 1843 (immediately after its time under British rule), to tell the story of Alias Grace. This woman was convicted of the brutal murder of her bossalthough she swore that she did not remember the facts, which were otherwise irrefutable, and declared herself innocent. To cure her amnesia, Grace puts herself in the hands of a renowned doctor. that tries to make her remember.
‘Alias Grace’: Cast
This 2017 miniseries starred Sarah Ganon (Enemy), and they also participated Edward Holcroft (Kingsman: A Secret Service) and Zachary Levi (Shazam!), among others. It was nominated for the Gotham Awards in the category of best relief series, which it would end up winning. Killing Eve.
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