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Past Forward

2023 · 1 season

A playful time-bending comedy-drama that mixes nostalgic warmth with the bittersweet consequences of trying to rewrite your own life.

Created by: Frank Bellocq, Daive Cohen
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Kev Adams, Natacha Lindinger, Guillaume de Tonquédec

Tagline: He's changing his past... to change his future!
Overview: In 2022, 30-year-old Eliott writes to his first email address to check if it is still available. He is shocked when a reply comes from himself in 2001... and decides to change his past in order to improve the future. At what cost?

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Created by: Frank Bellocq, Daive Cohen
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Kev Adams, Natacha Lindinger, Guillaume de Tonquédec

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
family
fate
redemption
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Frank Bellocq, Daive Cohen, Kev Adams, Élodie Hesme
Starring: Kev Adams, Natacha Lindinger, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Éric Elmosnino, Alice David, Marilyn Lima, India de Almeida, Jérémie Dethelot
Length: 1 seasons, 6 episodes, 52 min each
Network: TF1
Country: France
Languages: French

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