The first Series by Damien Chazelle and Jack Thorne aspires to immerse us in the jazz scene in Paris, led by an international cast and music as the last refuge.

In the dreamlike ending sequence of ‘ La La Land: The City of the Stars ‘, the protagonist played by Ryan Gosling imagines his ideal destination: creating his own jazz club in Paris. And who has ended up fulfilling it is the protagonist of ‘ The Eddy ‘, the new Netflix series.

It seems that Damien Chazelle has wanted to follow the natural course of life of an artist with great aspirations, from his learning stage (‘ Whiplash ‘) to his attempts to fulfill his dreams, and from there to this new story in which that same man (spiritually, of course) has already achieved everything he dreamed of.

Although not everything is perfect in paradise. Despite fitting so well into his filmography, ‘The Eddy’ is not a Damien Chazelle series.

Actually, the Oscar-winning filmmaker is only in charge of directing the first two episodes (they will take over in the following Alan Poul ,

Laïla Marrakchi and Houda Benyamina ), but the story as a whole is the responsibility of Jack Thorne, screenwriter of series like ‘ dark matter ‘ HBO ‘s ‘ the Virtues ‘ and different versions of ‘ This is England ‘.

In it, we follow retired musician Elliot Udo ( André Holland, seen in ‘ Moonlight ‘), Tahar Rahim, the protagonist of ‘ The Prophet ‘) a Parisian jazz club, in which a band led by the Polish Maja ( Joanna Kulig, the protagonist of ‘ Cold War ‘) tries to get a record deal.

The mystery is an intrinsic part of the show, in which the relationship between Elliot and his teenage daughter, Julie ( Amandla Stenberg ), an ex-drug addict whom his mother has sent from New York to Paris and who is trying to revive a father relationship, is also important. -daughter shattered.

Except for the last one, each episode is named after one of the characters, and delves into his personal stories, traumas and aspirations, but without losing sight of the criminal mystery that holds the story together.

In a way, that aspect seems to be Thorne’s attempt to flesh out a series that, in reality, wants to be a ‘Cassavetian’ portrait of the bohemian nights of Paris.

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