Underplayed Gems

Women at War (2022)

Women at War poster
Original title
Les Combattantes
Directed by
Alexandre Laurent
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
France, Belgium
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 91 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Four women in rural France during World War I navigate personal struggles and societal pressures. Their lives intersect as they find strength and purpose amid the chaos of war.

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What happens

Women at War (French: Les Combattantes) is an eight-episode Franco-Belgian historical miniseries created by Cécile Lorne and Camille Treiner and directed by Alexandre Laurent, which originally aired on Radio Télévision Suisse's RTS1, followed by RTBF's La Une and then TF1 in September 2022. It has been available on Netflix since October 2022 for French viewers and January 2023 internationally. The series has appeared among the Netflix top 10 shows in 58 countries the following week. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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