Netflix: This brilliant film that will make you forget the start of the school year is available on the platform!

Summer isn’t over yet, but it’s back to school. If sunny beaches are now just a distant memory, Netflix offers an alternative to extend the holidays: dive to the Greek islands to the rhythm of ABBA songs for a crazy family story.

Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, Mamma Mia! Joins the platform catalog from September 1. While a classic as we know it, the film is primarily a musical comedy that debuted in 1999 and has been seen by more than 65 million viewers. Released in 2008, this film adaptation brings together a dream cast in a heavenly setting, where comedy and drama combine with stunning choreography. Something to make you forget the preschool blues.

The story follows Donna, who owns a hotel on the island of Kalokairi. Distraught, he prepares for the marriage of his daughter Sophie. The latter decides to invite three men who knew her mother years ago. He is sure that one of them is his father. Strangers answer the call and rush to the scene to meet their former childhood sweetheart.

The main originality Oh my god! consists in the use of many hits of the group ABBA, which accompany the story. All the songs were recorded by one actor for this occasion. The film also stars famous actors in counter-intuitive roles. We meet the great Meryl Streep in the skin of her mother, Donna. Although this is not his first comedy for the actor, he has never looked so wild.

It also stars Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and Julie Walters. With a budget of 52 million dollars, the film collected more than 600 million worldwide. In France, Mamma Mia! Attracting more than 1,400,000 theatergoers.

Such was the success that a sequel, Mamma Mia!, was released 10 years later. Here We Go Again, with all the actors and singer Cher.

Oh my god! Available on Netflix.