What I am most looking forward to returning home during the Chinese New Year is the new French drama "Athan Robin" released by Netflix.
The story tells a very classic revenge story: When the black child Asan Diop was a teenager, his father was framed and imprisoned by his employer and passed away. Since then, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes. Twenty-five years later, Assan was inspired by the "weird thief gentleman Yasen Robin" and determined to avenge his father.
As a romantic country, France, in addition to romantic love sway, also has classic revenge stories described in classic masterpieces such as "Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers". Nowadays, revenge in film and television works is one of the common plots, but it lacks the fascinating duel of justice and evil that combines the noble gentleman and the revenge of sin.
The French drama began with the theft of the Queen’s necklace of the Louvre, which opened as a historical landmark. The black male protagonist is dressed as a cleaner, but stares at the gorgeous necklace for a long time. He thought it was a thief who loves money. He hastily cooperated with a group of unprofessional and ordinary loan sharks in order to get over. Unexpectedly, as soon as the camera turned, his suit and leather shoes walked into the auction where the wealthy gathered, and he was auctioned at a magnificent high price.
Poor and rich, his various identities are masks. For more than 20 years, he has been deliberate for revenge, not only from the pain of respecting and loving his father’s suicide, but also from the birthday gift he received from his father-a book of "Yasen" ·Robin" novel.
The actor's revenge chasing process has too many similarities with the plot of Yassen Robin in the novel. That day, the father chose the novel given to his son from the bookshelf of the wicked rich businessman and gave the taciturn black boy with perseverance courage and the wisdom to wander through life and death. It is God's will. Then the book continued to be gifted to the actor's son, hoping to create another wonderful story in the future.
I like this drama. On the one hand, it is a long romance from the classic novel gentleman's revenge. The male protagonist is not like too many movies and TV dramas that are distorted by hatred and become paranoid. His growth has been drawn from humble silence to calmness. The appearance of wisdom. In a white-dominated society, he has faced countless unconscious inquiries and warnings from others. He once heard his respected and well-received father comment on "pretentiousness", and now he has to smile with a wave of hatred. Pass through the crowd calmly and fight against the sinful family.
Therefore, old wine is the most flavorful, not to mention old wine in new bottles.
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