Composer:
Mark BradshawCast:
Elisabeth Moss, Thomas M. Wright, Holly Hunter, Peter Mullan, Michelle Ang, Jacek Koman, David Wenham, Jay Ryan, Cohen Holloway, Lucy Lawless, Ben Barrington (more)VOD (1)
Seasons(2) / Episodes(13)
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Season 1 (2013) - 7 episodes
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China Girl (2017) - 6 episodes
Plots(1)
A 12 year old girl, walks chest deep into the freezing waters of a South Island lake in New Zealand. She is five months pregnant and won't say who the father is. Then she disappears. Robin Griffin is a gutsy but inexperienced detective called in to investigate. But as Robin becomes more and more obsessed with the search for Tui, she slowly begins to realise that finding Tui is tantamount to finding herself - a self she has kept well hidden. Set against one of the most amazing and untouched landscapes left on the planet, Top of the Lake is a powerful and haunting story about our search for happiness where the dream of paradise attracts it dark twin, the fall. (2 Entertain Video)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user Marigold (1)
Top of the Lake (2013)
An intuitive gender detective story that needs to be perceived as a giant film project. The division into parts is very artificial and, due to the structure, which is really governed by emotions rather than by a refined narrative plan, actually tears one away unnecessarily from contemplation. I wouldn't be afraid to talk about earthy magical realism, a kind of Picnic at Hanging Rock for the 21st century. The captivating charisma of deranged characters (Patriarch Matt, the gray mother-guru GJ), a very personal reflection of femininity, masculinity, conception, death... the only thing that fails is the predictable and literal point of the film. But the power of Top of the Lake is in what comes after. A scene woven from the captivating New Zealand landscape, silence, wind and a few loose words. An unforgettable, cruel and increasingly engaging world that reveals how deep the possibilities of current TV series are. [90%]
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