This miniseries starts with the haunting narration of Anna as she foreshadows her imminent death. Visually we are brought in to this modern Australian retelling of Leo Tolstoy's tragic classic Anna Karenina, through Anna and Xander Ivan's ultra modern home. These two seem to have an idyllic life. Married former national tennis stars with one son, they are living the dream until one fateful plane ride...Kingsley Faraday, Anna's brother, gets caught cheating on his wife with their au pair. His wife, Dolly a mother of three, is beside herself. Anna flies home to help with the situation and on the plane meets Tess Du Pont, a woman who is not only sympathetic, but easy to talk to. Anna opens up and shares some honest truths that shine the light on some cracks in her perfect life. Once off the plane, she meets Skeet Du Pont (Tess' son) when he picks up his mother at the airport. All three witness a horrific accident of a taxi cab driver that results in his death. This impacts both Skeet and Anna tremendously.
The two don't meet again until Skeet's engagement party, in which he is engaged to Kitty, Dolly's sister. The two end up in a sexual relationship that ends up impacting their entire families in the most amazing way with some beautiful and some tragic consequences.
The acting in this series was spectacular and the way the story was modernized, making it accessible for the masses make this series a must see. The music added by both the soundtrack and through Skeet's job as a producer was wonderful and worth a listen...I found my self Shazamming several tracks including..."Heaven for You" by Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams.
The cast was perfectly suited to their roles...but I really wanted to mention the amazing performance by Sophie Lowe, who played Kitty. She had the largest breadth of growth in her character from shallow and self-centered to finally looking outward and thinking of others. Of course the disintegration of the character of Anna by Sarah Snook, was also really well done and everything was held together so immaculately by the rich supporting cast.
This is a big recommendation from me. I actually went into it not expecting to like it and was thoroughly won over.
The two don't meet again until Skeet's engagement party, in which he is engaged to Kitty, Dolly's sister. The two end up in a sexual relationship that ends up impacting their entire families in the most amazing way with some beautiful and some tragic consequences.
The acting in this series was spectacular and the way the story was modernized, making it accessible for the masses make this series a must see. The music added by both the soundtrack and through Skeet's job as a producer was wonderful and worth a listen...I found my self Shazamming several tracks including..."Heaven for You" by Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams.
The cast was perfectly suited to their roles...but I really wanted to mention the amazing performance by Sophie Lowe, who played Kitty. She had the largest breadth of growth in her character from shallow and self-centered to finally looking outward and thinking of others. Of course the disintegration of the character of Anna by Sarah Snook, was also really well done and everything was held together so immaculately by the rich supporting cast.
This is a big recommendation from me. I actually went into it not expecting to like it and was thoroughly won over.