Series Mania Crowns ‘Apples Never Fall’ Star Annette Bening, Garry Kasparov-Centered ‘Rematch’
22.03.2024 - 20:39
/ variety.com
Marta Balaga It has been a while since “The Queen’s Gambit,” but as proven by “Rematch,” viewers’ love for chess is certainly not diminishing. The show, dedicated to confrontation between famous chess player Garry Kasparov and IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue, was named the winner at Series Mania. A somewhat lukewarm reception of “Apples Never Fall” didn’t stop Annette Bening from being crowned as best actress.
The Peacock offering, also featuring Sam Neill and Alison Brie, is the latest adaptation of “Big Little Lies” and “Nine Perfect Strangers” scribe Liane Moriarty. Now showing a perfect family who, following its matriarch’s disappearance, needs to face some uncomfortable questions. Including this one: Did their beloved father have something to do with it? Jury member Berenice Bejo read out a brief message of thanks from Bening who described te series as a “labor of love.” Kamel El Basha, who plays the more progressive Sheikh Mohammad in “House of Gods” and whose performance was described in Variety as “magnetic,” won best actor.
Thank you very very much. You believed in a Palestinian actor,” he said on stage. “Herrhausen – The Banker and the Bomb” was also noticed.
Starring “Dark’s” Oliver Masucci as Alfred Herrhausen, the chairman of Deutsche Bank whose assassination was never explained, it won best writing for Thomas Wendrich. “The series mirrored the boldness of its subject,” said the International Competition jury. “He was a humane banker, always looking into the future.
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