![]() ![]() She says things like: "Off you fuck, then," and "I sense their disconnect". She's a poet, but she doesn't really know it, she doesn't write any of her pieces down, she says "I feel a bit sick when I think about it lasting forever".īobbi is bold, unfiltered, American and a small bit of a pain in the hole. ![]() Frances is timid and introverted, and a martyr to her monthly curse. Frances and Bobbi (Sasha Lane) are students above in Dublin, ex-lovers, current besties and spoken word performers. ![]() Sure, there's minimal dialogue going on in the debut duo of episodes, but it does set the scene for us fairly quickly. Throw in a lip-quiver and a fiddle with a wine glass and you've got half the plot. To be fair, it was always going to be trickier to transfer that inner intimate world of Book Frances to Screen Frances, and Cork actress Alison Oliver does a magnificent job of conveying a multitude with no more than a slight widening of her mascara-free eyes. I say 'hit', more like it delicately brushes up against the small screen with a meaningful sigh. There's been a whole lot of build-up and hype about the series, and I couldn't wait for it to hit the small screen. Oscar-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson is back at the helm, sharing directorial duties with Leanne Welham (His Dark Materials). We're promised 12 episodes of Conversations With Friends, commissioned by BBC and Hulu, RTÉ's got their hand in there and it's co-financed by Northern Ireland Screen. ![]()
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