ANNE WITH AN E!

Hello beautiful people, Happy Monday! I bring you a super Netflix series, you can not miss it.

It is a Canadian television series based on the "Anne of Green Gables" novel series written by Lucy Maud Montgomery, and adapted by Emmy-winning writer and producer Moira Walley-Beckett. It was broadcast by CBC between 2017 and 2019 in Canada and is available on Netflix worldwide.

The series consists of a total of three seasons, these forming a set of 27 episodes. The first season is made up of seven episodes, and seasons two and three are made up of 10 episodes each. The duration of each episode ranges from approximately 45 minutes, with the exception of the first episode of the first season, which lasts 1 hour and 28 minutes.

This series has been one of the most mentioned and seen on Netflix, it has very peculiar and beautiful things that make it stand out in a positive way and win the hearts of all who dare to see it.

For example the titles of the chapters are phrases taken from classical literature:

• The titles of the episodes of the first season are phrases from the 1847 Jane Eyre novel written by Charlotte Brontë, this novel is considered one of the first feminist novels.
• The titles of the second season are phrases from Middlemarch: A study of life in the provinces written in 1871 by George Eliot, the pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, an English writer who includes in her themes the situation of women, the nature of marriage, idealism and self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education.
• Finally, in the third and last season the episode titles are Frankenstein phrases written in 1818 by Mary Shelley, which frames themes on scientific morality, the creation and destruction of life.

Anne with an E was originally intended to last five seasons and had a good rating. But after Netflix and CBC broke relationships, they canceled the series in its third season. CBC considered that continuing to collaborate with Netflix for the co-production and distribution of their series would mean a deterioration in the entertainment industry.

SYNOPSIS:

The series dates back to 1896 on Prince Edward Island, when brothers Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt a boy from the orphanage to help with the chores of their home on the Green Gables farm. Matthew went to pick up the boy from a train station when, to his surprise, he realizes that they had sent Anne Shirley, a 13-year-old girl.

Anne is a talkative girl, with a great imagination and with many skills, which she have acquired throughout her life. Her parents died three months after she was born and she has lived all her life between an orphanage and several houses in which she helped with chores.

CAST:

• Amybeth McNulty-Anne Shirley: Play Anne Shirley, whose defining traits include her optimistic personality, intelligence, and innate curiosity.
• Lucas Jade Zumann-Gilbert Blythe: Gilbert took over his father's farm when he fell ill. He is good at school and although initially there was tension between him and Anne, they have grown closer throughout the series.
• Geraldine James-Marilla Cuthbert: Marilla and her brother accept Anne to help them on their farm. Marilla has a moderate, almost cold personality, but her friendship with Anne breaks that shell.
• RH. Thomson-Matthew Cuthbert: Matthew is the brother of Marilla, a shy and sweet man, who forms a close bond with Anne. Like Marilla, Anne's friendship helps Matthew regain some of his zest for life after years of locking himself up.
• Corrine Koslo-Rachel Lynde: She is Marilla's best friend. She has no filters on her opinions and loves to gossip, after some early tension between her and Anne, they soon become friendly.
• Delilah Bela-Diana Barry: She is the best friend of the main character. Diana is more punished than her best friend, although like Anne she is also very friendly. However, she is not afraid to speak for herself or confront bullies.

OPINION:

Anne is adorable, her story is exciting. She is a strong girl, capable of overcoming adversities, who sometimes tries to survive by reciting; who understands that the world can be horrible, but that the imagination is a refuge in which we can always be happy. And that with her intelligence, sensitivity and self-confidence, with her ability to unveil the injustices of the society in which she had to live, she will achieve that a complete town advances a small step towards inclusion, tolerance, and gender equality.

To me it's a beautiful story that is worth sharing with our family, with children, cousins, friends, as a way of teaching about feminism, prejudice, classism, identity, abuse and, above all, the importance of imagination and knowledge.

Hopefully they can get a fourth season because it is worth to continue watching this series, meanwhile fill your mind with the three seasons that are on Netflix, digest it, comment on it, share it and reflect with its message.

XOXO Li.