In the spring of 2021, American platform Freeform launched Cruel Summer, a teen thriller produced by Bert W. Royal (Easy A), Tia Napolitano (Scandal) and Jessica Biel.
During the transatlantic broadcast by critics, the series is based on an unconventional narrative, as the story takes place over 3 consecutive summers in the 90s and tells the story of two teenage girls who are opposites and will see their destinies linked when one. It disappears from them.
More than two years after it aired in the US and was released on Prime Video, Cruel Summer is finally coming to free-to-air TV. This Monday, July 3, at 11 p.m., TF1 Séries Films has indeed broadcast the first three episodes of this series, which has caused a lot of talk about it. Episodes you can now discover on the MyTF1 platform.
A series not to be missed
As soon as the first episode aired, Cruel Summer immediately won the hearts of American viewers. The success is partly due to its well-crafted story, which paints a cross-sectional portrait of two teenage girls.
When Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt), a popular and popular student at Skyline High School in Texas, mysteriously disappears, Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), a smart and carefree teenager, jumps at the chance to take her place by moving in with her ex-boyfriend. – Boyfriend and friendship with his friends.
But the drama turns into a nightmare when Kate reappears and accuses Jeanette of knowing where she was but choosing to keep quiet. The latter then becomes the most hated person in the country. But is he really guilty? This is the question that Cruel Summer will try to answer
A fascinating thriller
Thanks to its three timelines, showrunner Tia Napolitano (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy) delivers a gripping thriller where no scene is gratuitous and where everything comes together as the episodes build to a shocking final twist.
With the portrait of these two teenagers, A Cruel Summer depicts with great accuracy and realism the social pressures placed on young women during adolescence, but also the legal violations, the methods of abuse of minors by sexual predators and the long journey of victims. this kind of event.
Under the guise of a classic teen series, Cruel Summer turns out to be much deeper and original, thanks to a strong plot performed by a talented cast. The fiction was so successful that it was renewed for a second season, currently airing in the US, which follows a new story set in the late 90s.
Cruel Summer is broadcast every Monday from 23:00 on TF1 Séries Films. The three episodes are immediately available for free on the MyTF1 platform. For the most impatient, the first season is already available in its entirety on Prime Video.
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