Netflix loves nothing greater than freaking us out with a semi-true crime story, does not it? Its newest providing, Adolescence, it notably unsettling. The unnerving story follows Jamie, a 13-year-old boy who’s accused of murdering one in every of his classmates. The collection is shaped of 4 hour-long episodes every filmed in a single lengthy steady shot.
Because the Netflix description reads, “The gripping story unfolds in actual time as the principle characters — from the central household to the detectives investigating the crime — seek for solutions within the wake of a surprising tragedy. Who is definitely accountable? Why did it occur? May it have been prevented?”
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The present was co-created by Pleasure author Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, who additionally stars as Eddie, Jamie’s father. Newcomer Owen Cooper performs Jamie. “He simply completely blew me away,” director Philip Barantini mentioned to Selection. “Actors practice for years and years and nonetheless can’t actually grasp what Owen has mastered, which is mainly simply being within the second and listening and being truthful.” Ashley Walters (Prime Boy) performs Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, whereas The Crown’s Erin Doherty stars as Briony, a scientific psychologist.
Many viewers of the present will go away questioning: is Adolescence based mostly on a real story?
Is Adolescence based mostly on a real story?
Not precisely — however it was impressed by a regarding cultural shift within the UK that has taken place over the previous couple of years.
“There was an incident the place a younger boy [allegedly] stabbed a lady,” Graham mentioned to Netflix’s Tudum. “It shocked me. I used to be pondering, ‘What’s happening? What’s occurring in society the place a boy stabs a lady to demise? What’s the inciting incident right here?’ After which it occurred once more, and it occurred once more, and it occurred once more. I actually simply wished to shine a lightweight on it, and ask, ‘Why is that this occurring as we speak? What’s happening? How have we come to this?’ ”