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Elia Kazan directed the 1955 film, and it seems serendipitous that just over 70 years later, his granddaughter Zoe Kazan now follows in his footsteps as the screenwriter and executive producer of a seven-part Netflix series that is glossy and has no less cinematic sensibility than her grandfather’s movie.

Adam (Abbott) lives a life as a soldier at the behest of his domineering father Cyrus (Tracy Letts, with his usual gravitas), while his angry half-brother Charles (Faist) stays to live a lonely and desolate life on the Trask farm.

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And so begins a generational saga that goes beyond a mere love triangle and deals with themes no less biblical than a near-direct retelling of the stories of Genesis and Cain and Abel; of the sins of the father (and mother), and the crushing weight of knowing one’s identity.

Meanwhile, both Abbott and Faist equip themselves well, the former with his characteristic moody intensity, while the latter has perhaps the harder job; particularly in later episodes as Charles's character offers us something rather different entirely to the source material. But it is in a manner that also feels thematically honest.

With stunning cinematography and an elegant score, the unsettling family saga gets room to breathe across a sweeping adaptation that digs into the detail and texture of the source material, and brings this story of generational trauma, sibling rivalry and the intoxicating power of temptation to a whole new generation.

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