Photographie:
Germain McMickingMusique:
Mark BradshawActeurs·trices:
Elisabeth Moss, Gwendoline Christie, David Dencik, Ewen Leslie, Alice Englert, Nicole Kidman, Clayton Jacobson, Yianni Warnock, Lawrence Leung (plus)Épisodes(6)
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China Girl (S02E01)
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L'Etre aimé (S02E02)
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Mère porteuse (S02E03)
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L'Anniversaire (S02E04)
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Qui est ton père ? (S02E05)
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La Guerre des mères (S02E06)
Résumés(1)
Fraîchement revenue à Sidney, dévastée après l'échec d'une relation amoureuse, l'inspectrice Robin Griffin réintègre le QG de la police, décidée à se lancer à corps perdu dans le travail. Elle est hantée par la pensée de la petite fille que, dix-sept ans plus tôt, elle a abandonnée à sa naissance parce qu'elle était issue d'un viol. Elle possède d'elle une lettre, signée Mary et expédiée d'un quartier résidentiel de Sidney, qu'elle a laissée sans réponse. Adoptée par un couple aisé, Julia et Pyke, Mary, aujourd'hui lycéenne, est amoureuse d'Alexander, alias "Puss", un quadra marginal qui professe sa haine de la société bourgeoise et habite au-dessus d'un bordel. Jouissant d'un statut ambigu d'allié auprès des filles, toutes asiatiques, qui y vivent sous la férule d'une Mamasan, il réagit avec indifférence quand celles-ci lui signalent la disparition mystérieuse de l'une d'elles, Cinnamon. Peu après, l'océan rejette sur une plage de la ville une valise contenant le corps impossible à identifier d'une jeune Asiatique. Robin s'empare de l'affaire, flanquée contre son gré d'une coéquipière géante, aussi empressée que maladroite, Miranda. (ARTE Éditions)
(plus)Critiques (3)
I was hoping the second season would bring some fresh changes—new setting, new cast—it had potential. But no, it didn’t. It carries the same vibe as the first season. Sure, there’s a new case, new characters, and Australia replacing New Zealand, but the overall result feels exactly the same. The characters are still annoying, with Elisabeth Moss being even more grating than in season one. Jane Campion’s direction is unapologetically feminist, which is fine, but for some reason, her work always leaves me feeling pretty uncomfortable as a guy.
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I have only seen the 2nd season and it is quite possible that the first season of Top the Lake is significantly better - after all, the quality of the scripts of Westworld seasons 1 and 2 is divided by at least half a galaxy - but after a disappointing experience with China Girl, I don't have the slightest courage to risk a collision with something so clumsily written. It is a mystery to me how the series deserves such wide publicity because when watching the series characters, I felt as if Saga Noren's psychiatric diagnosis from The Bridge series was a contagious disease and an epidemic broke out among the antipodes. I practically always had a feeling of inappropriateness, and the behavior of the characters lacked internal logic and their emotional reactions were strange, as if influenced by drug intoxication. Jane Campion is not a skillful storyteller, but everything cannot be attributed to stylistic flaws. During the attack of the wild wheelchair user, I had the impression that the creative tandem openly made fun of me. Of all the feminist works of the last decade, which conjugate gender in every way, China Girl appears to me to be unquestionably the weakest and fails as a crime thriller as well as a social drama. The only bright spot was the presence of the likable and unique Elisabeth Moss in the lead role. With a different script, her casting could have meant a victory. Overall impression: 25%.
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If it weren't for Kidman, I wouldn't be coming back to the series. She may have matured and purposely chosen a rather interesting counter-role this time as a bisexual adoptive mother in an unusual mask, but someone like her doesn't need television - she's just lending her personality to a project that needs a kick to the backside after all these years. The extremely slow pace of the first series did not leave a good impression. The beautiful landscape of New Zealand was replaced by a more routine Australia and the detached crime drama could continue. While I'm glad that the basic story of the once-raped police officer Robin Griffin was finished, watching the drama with surrogate mothers and the manipulation of minors was again very challenging. Top of the Lake has once again left me with many questions about the modern family, motherhood, marriage, guilt, and forgiveness, but I sincerely hope that if there is ever another series, I won't be a part of it. The mentality on this side of the world is too different.
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