Written by David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”) and directed by Susanne Bier, “The Undoing” whose broadcast continues this evening on TF1, brings together Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant for the first time. Focus on the enigmatic credits of the series.
This is the new thriller imagined by David E. Kelley, the creator of Big Little Lies. In The Undoing, adapted from the novel The First Impressions of Jean Hanff Korelitz, Nicole Kidman plays Grace Fraser, a renowned New York therapist, who finds herself in turmoil when her husband, Doctor Jonathan Sachs (Hugh Grant), is accused of murder. Halfway between social drama and crime thriller, the series follows the descent into hell of this family having to face the judgments and rumors of the world around it.
Each episode opens with a mysterious credits in which a little girl, with red hair and curly, has fun on her own. It is evident that these images evoke the character played by Nicole Kidman, Grace Fraser. It is precisely the actress herself who interprets a new version of Dream a Little Dream of Me, a classic first sung by Ozzie Nelson in 1931 and since taken over by Ella Fitzgerald and Doris Day.
Discover the credits of the series:
Interviewed by AlloCine, filmmaker Susanne Bier explained that he was “crucial“let Nicole Kidman perform this song.”I find that this brings something to the character of Grace, a detail that does not necessarily appear in the series, but which is more like an intuition for the viewer., she specifies. I don’t want to say too much. But Nicole Kidman didn’t want to at first, then she finally agreed. And I think she enjoyed the experience. “
The most attentive will have noticed, many subliminal images sprinkle the credits, like these raindrops which turn into spurts of blood. Is this openness a clue to the past or the true nature of Grace Fraser? Case to follow.
(Re) discover the version of “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, sung by Doris Day: