THROUGH THE DARK
A Rare Thread of Humanity Cuts Through Chaos and War in ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Trailer
The Netflix limited series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anthony Doerr novel of the same name premieres on November 2
All the Light We Cannot See is directed by Shawn Levy. The series also stars Lars Eidinger and Marion Bailey. It premieres via Netflix on Nov. 2.
TWO TEENAGERS SEARCH for hope through the darkness in the first official trailer for All the Light We Cannot See, the forthcoming Netflix limited series based on the Anthony Doerr novel of the same name, which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2015. Set against the backdrop of World War II, there are flashes of light — but mostly in the form of bombs and the fiery wreckage they leave behind. Still, communicating through the radio for over a decade, Marie-Laure LeBlanc (Aria Mia Loberti) and Werner (Louis Hofmann) try their hardest to keep their faith from being scorched in the flames.
“In this time of darkness, of invading cities, I’m trying to remember light lasts forever,” LeBlanc says, broadcasting from St. Malo, where she has taken refuge with her father Daniel (Mark Ruffalo) and her reclusive uncle Etienne (Hugh Laurie) after fleeing German-occupied Paris. “Darkness lasts not even for one second when you turn on the light. I know that broadcasting could get me executed. But I will not be silenced.”
LeBlanc, a blind French girl, and her father don’t waiver in hope even as they’re intensely pursued by a Gestapo officer hunting for the legendary diamond they hold in their possession. But their place in the resistance almost directly opposed that of Wenner, a gifted teenager tasked with tracking down illegal broadcasts for Hitler’s regime. In LeBlanc, he finds a rare thread of humanity in a time of chaos.
“When I was a child, I was trained to locate radio frequencies,” Wenner explains in the trailer. “The things that I have seen haunt me. Her voice was my escape.” But soon enough, their lives become intertwined in a more devastating way as the officer instructs him: “You are going to find her and you will kill this girl yourself. If you fail, you will die first.”
LeBlanc, a blind French girl, and her father don’t waiver in hope even as they’re intensely pursued by a Gestapo officer hunting for the legendary diamond they hold in their possession. But their place in the resistance almost directly opposed that of Wenner, a gifted teenager tasked with tracking down illegal broadcasts for Hitler’s regime. In LeBlanc, he finds a rare thread of humanity in a time of chaos.
“When I was a child, I was trained to locate radio frequencies,” Wenner explains in the trailer. “The things that I have seen haunt me. Her voice was my escape.” But soon enough, their lives become intertwined in a more devastating way as the officer instructs him: “You are going to find her and you will kill this girl yourself. If you fail, you will die first.”
The walls begin to feel as though they’re closing in — the Germans continue a relentless pursuit, Uncle Etienne grows nervous with the growing attention around LeBlanc’s broadcast, and the war rages on as Wenner’s defiance continues. In unison, LeBlanc and Wenner remind themselves: “The most important light is the light you cannot see.”
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