Can't Wait for 'Wuthering Heights'? Watch This Jacob Elordi Series With 100% on RT
This project presents Elordi with one of the most complex and multifaceted roles of his career.
Fans eager to see Jacob Elordi play Heathcliff in the new adaptation of Wuthering Heights can find solace in his other emotional projects.
Director Justin Kurzel's series The Narrow Road to the Deep North, based on the Booker Prize-winning novel, tells the epic and painful story of a man torn between forbidden passion and the hell of war.
What Is 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' About?
The plot is a journey through time and memory of the main character, Dorrigo Evans.
We see him in three different time periods: as an elderly, respected surgeon in the 1980s; as a soldier held captive by the Japanese during World War II; and as a young man on the eve of war who is in love with his uncle's young wife, Amy, rather than his fiancée, Ella.
These timelines intertwine to create a portrait of a man whose soul is forever torn between intense flashes of passion and the horrors of survival on the Burma Railway construction site, where tens of thousands of prisoners of war died in unbearable conditions.
'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' Is Based on Real Events and Memories
The story has deep personal roots. Richard Flanagan's novel stems from his father's trauma – he was a prisoner of war during the construction of the railroad depicted in the series and the novel.
Rather than a patriotic epic, director Justin Kurzel is making a "memory diary," in which the past is an unhealed wound and the protagonist's penal servitude never ends.
'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' Is Both a Poignant Love Story & a Devastating War Drama
The show's genius lies in the almost tangible contrast between two worlds. On the one hand, there's a dazzling love story. Jacob Elordi and Odessa Young have on-screen chemistry that is devoid of sentimentality yet brimming with irrepressible vitality and youth.
In contrast, the Japanese camp is a tropical hell. Here, everything is erased: personality, honor, and humanity. Dorrigo transforms from a radiantly healthy, handsome man into a translucent shell of himself.
Here, love and war rhyme as two extreme experiences that transform the soul forever.
What Did Critics & Viewers Think of 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'?
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North has 100% from critics and 74% from viewers on Rotten Tomatoes.
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On IMDb, the series has a score of 7.2/10.
Where to Watch 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'?
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is available to stream on Prime Video.
