![]() In other main roles are Jonas Strand Gravli ( July 22, Countrymen) as Norwegian novelist Axel Jensen, Anna Torv ( The Last of Us, Mindhunter) as Charmian Clift and Noah Taylor ( Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones) as George Johnston. Canada’s Bronwen Huges will be directing four episodes.Ĭohen is played by Alex Wolff ( Pig, Hereditary and Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Oppenheimer), while Thea Sofie Loch Næss ( Delete Me, The Last Kingdom) is Marianne. ![]() “It feels like the way the world is right now, a series that celebrates life and love, with a core about finding your way in life, is needed more than ever,” said concept director Oystein Karlsen ( Exit, Dag, Lilyhammer) who wrote the screenplay, with best-selling novelist Jo Nesbø attached as co-writer of two episodes. Free love, drugs, but also rivalries and jealousy were feeding the interwoven lives and creativity of the small artistic community. The story centres on Cohen and Ihlen’s chaotic romance on the idyllic Greek island, at a period of their lives when they were still trying to figure out who they were, while living among a group of bohemian expat artists, led by Australian writing couple Charmian Clift and George Johnston. The eight-part series is billed as a “beautiful, poetic and searing tribute to life, shedding light on the events that inspired one of the most iconic songs of many generations - ‘So Long, Marianne’. ![]() The highly-anticipated international series is being produced by Norway’s Redpoint Productions for NRK and Bell Media’s Crave, in co-production with Canada’ Connect3 and Greece’s Tanweer Productions and support among others from Nordisk Film & TV Fond.įilming started March 24 in the Greek island of Hydra where the celebrated Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen met in 1960 the young Norwegian single mother Marianne Ihlen. Thea Sofie Loch Næss is cast as Cohen’s muse Marianne in the event international series from showrunner Øystein Karlsen, co-written by Jo Nesbø.
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