LITTLE BIRDS
DRAMA
UNITED KINGDOM
2020
LITTLE BIRDS is a British drama television series starring Juno Temple and produced by Warp Films. Based on the homonymous work of erotica by Anaïs Nin, the six-episode series was released on Sky Atlantic and Now TV on 4 August 2020.
STORY: Little Birds is set in Tangier International Zone in 1955, one of the last outposts of colonial decadence, and a culture shock in more ways than one for American debutante Lucy Savage (Juno Temple). Lucy desires an unconventional life free from the societal cage she's been kept in and, along with Tangier itself, finds herself on the cusp of achieving a painful yet necessary independence.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: American heiress Lucy Savage (Juno Temple) marries the handsome but penniless English aristocrat Lord Hugo Cavendish-Smith (Hugh Skinner), who lives in Tangier and who Lucy once met at a ball. She quickly accepts to escape both het father and her alcoholic mother. Marriage to Hugo quickly turns out to be not as it seems. He's a gay man in love with antoher. All Lucy knows is he's not interested in her sexually. Hugo is a self-absorbed character, who's in love with Egyptian prince Adham Abaza (Raphael Acloque).
Hugo Cavendish-Smith (Hugh Skinner) & Adham Abaza (Raphael Acloque)
HUGH SKINNER (2020) January 6, 1985, London, United Kingdom
RAPHAEL ACLOQUE (2020) ?, Paris, France
SPECIAl: Enter Little Birds, a new drama from Sky that explores the hedonistic heyday of Tangier in the 1950s. Inspired by Anaïs Nin’s collection of erotic short stories, Little Birds revolves around a queer love triangle which boldly pushes against societal expectations, both then and now.
AWARDS 'LITTLE BIRDS': 1 win & 3 nominations
5.9 IMDB
