Conversations with friends about7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() (Leanne Welham directs the other five.) Both series are largely faithful to their source materials, set against overcast Irish backdrops and striking a romantic, melancholic mood. It’s a quality that will sound familiar to anyone who watched Normal People, the 2020 Hulu adaptation of Rooney’s second novel, which was translated to the screen in similarly sensitive fashion by several of the people involved here - including Rooney herself, who executive-produces, writer Alice Birch, and director Lenny Abrahamson, who handles seven of Conversations’ 30-minute episodes. That sexual frankness is key to what makes this adaptation of Sally Rooney’s debut novel, premiering all 12 of its episodes on May 15, such an absorbing exploration of commitment, friendship, and romantic love. There’s something almost sacred in the way this kiss is filmed. But the scene does not register as gratuitous. ![]() All that can be heard is the gentle smack of lips pressing together and the shuddery breaths that pass between them as they give into an attraction they’ve been resisting Nick is married, and not to Frances. The first time that Frances and Nick kiss in Conversations With Friends, the outside world goes silent. ![]() Playing two profound introverts, Joe Alwyn and newcomer Alison Oliver are completely dialed into each other in their scenes together. ![]()
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