Transatlantic on Netflix tells the story of the Emergency Rescue Committee's efforts to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied France
) and heiress Mary Jayne sip champagne from coupe glasses overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, you could briefly forget the summer-goals setting is against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied France.treads throughout its seven-episode run, between the moments of screwball comedy in its opulent southern France setting and the danger lurking within each uniformed official.Transatlantic
These cultural luminaries are what drive the rip-roaring spin on the true story of the Emergency Rescue Committee's efforts to help refugees escape Vichy France. They host parties galore, gather in the villa gardens for morning yoga and pose for portraits and sculptures of one another. She added:"The approach was the approach. We never thought of a different way to do it. I never wanted to make a different kind of World War II drama."has its tongue firmly in its cheek. Gillian Jacobs's exquisite wardrobe as heiress Mary Jayne alone can be enough to elicit a coy smile.
Elsewhere, wanted musician Walter Mehring rivals Gene Kelly as he performs a jaunty send up of Hitler and Goebbels, complete with improvised props.That's not to say the humour doesn't occasionally fall into tonal flip-flopping. A gentle elderly man's sudden drowning trying to flee France meets a muted reception. The interminable line of refugees waiting outside Varian's office door each morning start to feel like more of a punchline than an anguished fact.
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