O Caminho Estreito para os Confins do Norte
Título original: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Burma Railway em 1943 e pelo Pacífico durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, retrata a crueldade da guerra, a tenuidade da vida e a impossibilidade do amor, vistos pelos olhos de um médico austra... Ler tudoBurma Railway em 1943 e pelo Pacífico durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, retrata a crueldade da guerra, a tenuidade da vida e a impossibilidade do amor, vistos pelos olhos de um médico australiano e prisioneiro de guerra.Burma Railway em 1943 e pelo Pacífico durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, retrata a crueldade da guerra, a tenuidade da vida e a impossibilidade do amor, vistos pelos olhos de um médico australiano e prisioneiro de guerra.
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You can rarely see a good series or movie from the australian perspective. It's a short series but keeps you engaged at almost every scene. The brutality of the japanese or the POW struggling for survival really comes through the screen on an emotional level.
I would say it's a unique World War 2 series, can't put it in a category. It's not really about the war but how we humans sometimes lack the humanity, emphaty or the communication so we could understand each other. When we can't communicate or express ourselves then we just move on instead repairing the thing that brings us the most joy or even who brings us the most love.
A must watch for anyone who enjoys war series with less action and more emphasis on the emotional and personal struggles for both the character and You, the viewer.
I would say it's a unique World War 2 series, can't put it in a category. It's not really about the war but how we humans sometimes lack the humanity, emphaty or the communication so we could understand each other. When we can't communicate or express ourselves then we just move on instead repairing the thing that brings us the most joy or even who brings us the most love.
A must watch for anyone who enjoys war series with less action and more emphasis on the emotional and personal struggles for both the character and You, the viewer.
I do not know whether the events in this mini-series really happened or not. They do look pretty genuine to me though.
The storyline is quite complex, whereby they basically consist of three separate stories that are all experienced by the same person. Three stories that the viewer will experience in 5 episodes, which are a continuous back-and-forth between all these different stories.
First of all, this mini-series is about a love story. This whereby the main character is challenged to choose between his already existing relationship with a girl that is part of the most elite family in Australia. Next to her, he experiences real love with the young wife of his uncle.
Second, this mini-series is about the main character having to go to war (WW2), whereby he eventually ends up in a Japanese POW camp. Located in Thailand, he and his fellow soldiers experience how truely evil man can be. As POW's, they are forced to work on the infamous "Burma Railway", which is also known as the "Railway of Death".
Third and last, this mini-series is about the main character being at old age, whereby he is a successful surgeon. This part of the story is about looking back to his past. You see the struggles that defined him in all his years post-war. I see in this part a message that the horrors of war can not be explained other than by really experiencing themselves. And this whereby these war experiences will define a person for the rest of his life.
Considering the complexity of the 3 above-mentioned stories, it takes some time to really understand who is who and what exactly you are watching. After having watches all five episodes, I went back and rewatches episode one. And this caused me to really better understand the events that took place at the start of the mini-series. I therefore think that the director of this mini-series might have made a mistake in mixing the three stories. Maybe it would have been a better choice to show all events in a chronological way. But no matter what, in its current state it still is a great watch. You will just need some time in episode one and two to get accustomed to who is who and what events you are looking at. I guarantee you though that this mini-series will leave quite some impression on you in episodes three and four... This where you will experience the true horrors of life in a Japanese POW camp.
A combination of great acting and truely breathtaking cinematography - especially the scenes that take place in the POW camp are "eye candy" - this mini-series is a great experience to watch.
Overall, I score this mini-series as 8.1/10, resulting in a well-deserved 8-star IMDb rating. Especially the story that takes place in the POW camp make this mini-series a very worthwile watch and a reminder of the cruelties that took place during WW2.
The storyline is quite complex, whereby they basically consist of three separate stories that are all experienced by the same person. Three stories that the viewer will experience in 5 episodes, which are a continuous back-and-forth between all these different stories.
First of all, this mini-series is about a love story. This whereby the main character is challenged to choose between his already existing relationship with a girl that is part of the most elite family in Australia. Next to her, he experiences real love with the young wife of his uncle.
Second, this mini-series is about the main character having to go to war (WW2), whereby he eventually ends up in a Japanese POW camp. Located in Thailand, he and his fellow soldiers experience how truely evil man can be. As POW's, they are forced to work on the infamous "Burma Railway", which is also known as the "Railway of Death".
Third and last, this mini-series is about the main character being at old age, whereby he is a successful surgeon. This part of the story is about looking back to his past. You see the struggles that defined him in all his years post-war. I see in this part a message that the horrors of war can not be explained other than by really experiencing themselves. And this whereby these war experiences will define a person for the rest of his life.
Considering the complexity of the 3 above-mentioned stories, it takes some time to really understand who is who and what exactly you are watching. After having watches all five episodes, I went back and rewatches episode one. And this caused me to really better understand the events that took place at the start of the mini-series. I therefore think that the director of this mini-series might have made a mistake in mixing the three stories. Maybe it would have been a better choice to show all events in a chronological way. But no matter what, in its current state it still is a great watch. You will just need some time in episode one and two to get accustomed to who is who and what events you are looking at. I guarantee you though that this mini-series will leave quite some impression on you in episodes three and four... This where you will experience the true horrors of life in a Japanese POW camp.
A combination of great acting and truely breathtaking cinematography - especially the scenes that take place in the POW camp are "eye candy" - this mini-series is a great experience to watch.
Overall, I score this mini-series as 8.1/10, resulting in a well-deserved 8-star IMDb rating. Especially the story that takes place in the POW camp make this mini-series a very worthwile watch and a reminder of the cruelties that took place during WW2.
One of the hardest things I watched yet one of the best things I watched.
Do yourself a favour and press play. Photography is just alluring, poetic and yet so descriptive that you just can't look away. Storytelling is compelling and keeps you constantly engaged, its tragedy and mourning, and romance, and longing and suffering and friendship and companionship. All together, all at once.
Despite being a short series, you get to know every character in such a way that it becomes personal, you suffer with them, you laugh with them and you miss them when they are gone.
It's a shot straight to the heart but oh such a lovely one.
Do yourself a favour and press play. Photography is just alluring, poetic and yet so descriptive that you just can't look away. Storytelling is compelling and keeps you constantly engaged, its tragedy and mourning, and romance, and longing and suffering and friendship and companionship. All together, all at once.
Despite being a short series, you get to know every character in such a way that it becomes personal, you suffer with them, you laugh with them and you miss them when they are gone.
It's a shot straight to the heart but oh such a lovely one.
I'm not up to scratch on the history of the POW during WW2, but this programme has made me look into it. The actors/actresses are amazing and deliver their characters perfectly. Some of the true stories I have read on the internet are unbelievably horrific, and these are reflected in the programme.
Parts of the programme made me feel sick to my stomach during the torture scenes, and I like to think I am pretty desensitised to TV brutality (long time horror watcher).
If you come away from watching this series without feeling affected in some way, maybe you are a robot, because the emotions it evokes are so strong.
Parts of the programme made me feel sick to my stomach during the torture scenes, and I like to think I am pretty desensitised to TV brutality (long time horror watcher).
If you come away from watching this series without feeling affected in some way, maybe you are a robot, because the emotions it evokes are so strong.
One of the best and the hardest show I have ever watched. I sat watching this with my father next to me telling me of the stories his father would tell him of working the Thai-Burma railway in those very conditions. I watch as he had tears telling me this was like a visualization of those very stories. The story was well written and the characters were all play so well. The cinematography was brilliant despite what other reviewers say, you felt as though you were there in that jungle and the soundtrack was haunting and will stick with you. It left me very shaken but was well worth the watch, would highly recommend but be warned it is very full on and doesn't shy away from brutality.
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- CuriosidadesThe last survivor of those that built the railway died in January 2024.
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