Netflix’s new crime drama Under a Dark Sun is quietly taking over the streaming charts.
Per FlixPatrol, Under a Dark Sun (Qui Sème le Vent in French) has claimed the number two overall spot on the global streaming charts for Netflix for Jul. 15. The series is currently the number one streaming series in 26 countries, ranging from Ukraine to Switzerland to Jamaica, and holds the overall number 6 spot in the United States as of the time of writing.
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Under a Dark Sun premiered on Netflix on Jul. 9 and largely slipped under the radar of many North American critics and viewers. The series stars Ava Baya as Alba Mazier, or Alba Lassere, a single mother who takes a job at the sprawling Lassere flower farm prior to starting a new life in Barcelona with her young son. Shortly after taking the job, Lassere family patriarch Arnauld is murdered, a crime which Alba is implicated in not just because of her general presence on the farm at the time, but becuase of the revelation that she is Arnauld’s illegitimate daughter to whom he left a massive inheritance upon the most recent changing of his last will and testament.
The leading ensemble cast of Under a Dark Sun is rounded out by Isabelle Adjani, Guillaume Gouix, Nicolas Vaude, Amina Ben Ismail, Claire Romain, Redouanne Harjane Juliette Plumecocq-Mech, Simon Ehrlacher, Louise Coldefy, and Thibault de Montalembert. The series’ first four episodes were directed by Marie Jardillier, while its exceptionally tense final two episodes were directed by Edouard Salier. Under a Dark Sun’s writing team consisted of HPI (the inspiration for High Potential) writer Thomas Colineau, Camille Couasse, Marine Lachenaud, Claire le Luhern, Jules Lugan, and Nils-Antoine Sambuc.
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Is It Really Worth It to Watch Under a Dark Sun?
Although Under a Dark Sun doesn’t yet have enough critical reviews to register a numerical score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes’ “Tomatometer,” it does hold positive reviews overall. The series has been praised for its layered narrative and complex storyline, as well as the ways in which the interpersonal relationships between individual characters come together. Critics have pointed towards the series’ overarching mystery as a fairly simple, even pedestrian effort, whereas some of the series’ internal logic has been described as a “whirlwind.” This could easily be a feature rather than a bug, however, as the series’ original French title, Qui Sème le Vent, is taken from a popular phrase, “qui sème le vent récolte la tempête,” which roughly translates in English to, “he who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.”
Under a Dark Sun is currently available for streaming on Netflix.
Source: FlixPatrol