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OA2 episode 2

03/07/21

Released in 2016, "The OA" starts when a blind woman, who had been missing, resurfaces seven years after her kidnapping. Except her sight is now fine, and she also seems to have developed strange powers.

Being There

26/06/21

Released in 1979, "Being There" is an American comedy in which Peter Sellers plays the role of a gardener who spent the first fifty years of his life isolated from the world, taking care of a garden. When he finds himself confronted with the outside world, people mistake his naive and simplistic vision of life with a profound, maybe mystical philosophy, making his character extremely magical.

Blue Velvet

19/06/21

Released in 1986, "Blue Velvet" is a movie by David Lynch in which some characters perform magic, and some others offer us presentations to engage the audience.

The Ring Finger

12/06/21

"The Ring Finger" is a short novel by Japanese author Yoko Ogawa, then a French movie with Olga Kurylenko, who plays a secretary working in a mysterious lab where people come to create specimens of their memories or emotions. The story's floating atmosphere lends itself well to the magical interpretation we will discuss here.

The Outsider 2

05/06/21

Today I come back to "The Outsider", the TV adaptation of the Stephen King novel. This 10-episodes series explores the talents of the autistic detective Holly Gibney. Let’s discuss how her way of seeing the world can inspire us…