The year is 1995 and Lucy Savage, the wealthy heiress of a New York magnate, embarks on a steam liner bound for Tangier to marry her fiancé, Hugo Smythe.
Upon arrival, the naive Lucy, prepared for marriage, finds that she is not received as expected.
Far from collapsing, she decides to let herself be carried away and experiment in a world very different from the one she was used to, attracted by the exotic Moroccan city and the people who inhabit it.
This is how
Little Birds
begins
, the new StarzPlay period drama, inspired by the 13 erotic stories told from the female perspective
of Fire Birds: Erotic Stories
, the work of French writer Anaïs Nin (190-1977), a pioneer in publishing stories about sex and sensuality.
Throughout
six episodes
, the protagonist will free herself from the bonds of the conventional society to which she belongs and will awaken her sexuality thanks to the influence exerted on her by the captivating Cherifa Lamor, a woman of questionable reputation.
Written and directed by the author of
The Girl Who Fell to Earth
, Sophia Al-Maria, the British production addresses issues such as coercion, psychological manipulation, prostitution, infidelity and homosexual relationships, intertwining with its disparate characters
stories of love and desire with personal dramas and political intrigue
.
As a backdrop is the corrupt, decadent and colonial Tangier, shortly before the independence of Morocco.
The series was filmed in Tarifa and in the English city of Manchester and stars Juno Temple (Lucy Savage), Hugh Skinner (HugoSmythe), David Costabile (Lucy's father), also known for his participation in popular
shows such
as
Billions
or
Suits
, Nina Sosanya (Mrs. Lili von X), Yumna Marwan (the seductive dominatrix Cherifa Lamour) and the very
Spanish actress Rossy De Palma in the role of the delusional Contessa Mandrax.
The first episode of
Little Birds
premiered on February 14 and the platform will add a new one every Sunday until the six chapters of the series are completed, on March 21.
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