What would happen to our society if everyone lost their memory? It is this thorny question that the LT-21, the new OCS Signature Series, available on the platform this Thursday, October 12, will attempt to answer.
Directed and written by Melissa Godea, this 8-episode 26-minute fiction follows humanity as it battles a pandemic that, if it doesn’t kill, robs people of their memories. Asia (Léonie Simaga), an infectious disease specialist, and Gabriel (Arnaud Valois), a virology researcher, a couple for 15 years, are in a hospital-turned-quarantine center under the control of the army. They continue their research while caring for their patients.
But when Gabriel falls ill after taking all the risks to save an infected child, Asia is forced to the island, the base of Operation Heredis. Then she is forced to continue research in a secret laboratory, and Gabriel, left on the continent, has already forgotten everything about their love.
A modern dystopia
By robbing patients of their memories, the LT-21 virus that gives the series its name affects what makes humans and our society. Life, history and experience are all elements that make the world what it is today. Without memory, the virus kills our social structures symbolically and on a large scale.
At their level, Asia and Gabriel experience the choices society must face. Is it better to forget all together, start from scratch or remember at all costs? What if oblivion was a second chance, a necessary evil?
To portray the two main characters, Melissa Gaudet, who had the idea for this script during the Covid epidemic, called Léonie Simaga (La Flamme, I promise) and Arnaud Valois. The face of the latter is probably not unknown to you, because the actor played one of the main roles in 120 beats per minute, a film by Robin Campillo, which received a César for the best film of 2018.
He’ll also soon be slipping into a pair of Yves Saint Laurent shoes for the series Kaiser Karl for Disney+. Next to them are Aurelia Petty (Saint-Omer), Patrick Buccitei (Demons of Jesus), Iliana Belkhadra (School of Life), Leo Angel and Gaspar Meyer.
This Thursday, October 12th, find 8 episodes of LT-21 on OCS. The serial is telecast every Thursday from 9 pm on OCS Max.
Source: Allocine
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