Like Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” which is based on true events from the First World War, “Women at War” (“Les Combattantes”) also touches on this period, but from the perspective of women.
The eight-episode Netflix series tells the story of a group of women in a small town in eastern France who are caught up in the war and must do whatever it takes to survive.
The French production stars Audrey Fleurot as Marguerite, Sofia Essaïdi as Caroline, Julie De Bona as mother Agnès and Camille Lou as the feminist nurse Suzanne.
In the series the events take place in 1914, when the German troops are advancing and the men have to serve their country and march to the front, leaving these women with the consequences of the war in Saint-Paulin.
As “Women at War” (“Las Combatientes” in Spanish) is one of Netflix’s productions depicting the horrors of war and the intervention of women, it is easy to think that it is based on or inspired by real events.
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‘Women at War’: true events that inspired the Netflix series
The Netflix series “Women at War” does not depict a real life story, but the events that occur around its plot were true.
This was confirmed by Cecile Lorne, the creator of “Women at War” in a video for AFP Lise Arif on October 27, 2022, saying that the idea for the series came to her after watching a documentary.
The creator said that the documentary showed the contribution of women during World War I and realized that there are few productions that tell the story of people who were left alone in the war.
He also said that there are cases of women who, despite not being on the front lines of war, played an active role in supporting their communities and countries during the conflict.
But to make the series historically correct, the help of two historical advisers, two historians and a military adviser, was enlisted, director Alexandre Laurent told Allociné in September 2022.
The director said the consultants identified the places and ways in which women were active during World War I, which they drew on to create the characters.
In doing so, the Netflix series pays tribute to women who indirectly served their country by managing fields, factories, hospitals and other responsibilities while men were called to the battlefield.
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