The HBO Max series about an infidelity and a murder based on real life, with Elizabeth Olsen

HBO Max series continue to show the time on international television. The end of “Succession” and “Barry”as well as the success of the first season of “The Last of Us” and “Game of Thrones: The House of the Dragon”, have had a privileged place in the preference of the audience, well deserved for their good stories and impeccable productions. A miniseries has been added to this small list that has surprised for portraying a notorious crime in the United States and that has a cast made up of Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Patrick Fugit, Lily Rabe, Krysten Ritter, among others.

Those responsible for the fiction They have placed the sign that is based on a true storybut that certain dialogues and passages of the plot have been modified for the benefit of dramatization and the television proposal.

Is about a homicide sounded in Texas, United States, during the 80s. He had the encounter of two edges that usually calls the general public in this type of event: infidelity and death. But another of the points that attracted the most attention was the legal outcome who had the case.

To avoid going into spoilers, something very specific can be said: What happened in the Collin County town of Wylie still lingers in popular culture, since the details of the event were taken to television on two occasions. Now, HBO Max has premiered its production on Thursday, April 27.

Candy observing her hairstyle in a mirror (Photo: HBO)

AN ADVENTURE THAT ENDED IN CRIME

“Love and death” (“Love & Death” in its original language) is the HBO Max series who stars elizabeth olsen and that portrays the murder of betty gore by Candy Montgomery in Wylie, Texas, during 1980. The television production is based on a real case and even keeps the names of the protagonists.

From the beginning, the seven-episode miniseries shows the bloody scene of the notorious crime and then composes the previous portrait of the families involved: two married couples who seem to have their lives in order, despite their obstacles, such as Allan and Betty Gore, who seek to have a second baby .

Elizabeth Olsen as Candy in the series (Photo: HBO)

Elizabeth Olsen as Candy in the series (Photo: HBO)

Olsen gives life to Candy, the tender and sweet neighbor who is willing to lend a hand in any activity. However, her married life is a boring mess: She has a good husband who watches his TV more than her. The mother of two children, a student of creative writing, suffocates in the monotony. She until she notices Allan’s scent and seeks a closeness with him.

Lovers are not born spontaneously, especially because of the doubts of the office worker, but the attraction ends up being generated until it takes the form of two bodies in a roadside motel, outside the city. They both decide that the adventure will only be physicalbut that lie falls apart pretty soon when his feelings get involved.

“Love & Death” take your time to build the marital, religious and social life of the protagonists. It recreates the hypocrisy and apparent quiet American life in Texas. Where nothing seems to happen, the terrible thing happens: a heinous crime and a trial that generated controversy at the time. Olsen stands out like no other with a smiling Candy, with a reedy voice but on the brink of the abyss.

Betty and Allan Gore in the village church (Photo: HBO)

Betty and Allan Gore in the village church (Photo: HBO)

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The HBO Max series about an infidelity and a murder based on real life, with Elizabeth Olsen