Families like ours
I've blogged over on LivingGeography previously about Thomas Vinterberg's Danish series which looks at a very plausible future. The BBC have acquired the rights to show the series. Families Like Ours (7 x 60 minute episodes) is set in Denmark in a not-too-distant future where rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything changes. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes shift, and luck favours only a few. Those who can afford it travel to affluent countries while the less well-off depend on government-funded relocation to more challenging destinations. Families, friends and loved ones are separated. Some are overcome by hatred and division, while others nurture love and foster new beginnings. Against this backdrop the story introduces Laura, a high school student in love for the first time ...
