#malaterra

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Obsessed with this: In both the french and the og versions, when Miller and Hardy are questioning Becca Fisher, a random staff just walks in, and Becca tells her "Not now." They specifically cast an actress for this role, and we never see her again...

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Hello Broadchurch fans guess who finally finished translating all 8 episodes of the French version of Broadchurch into English! Me! I did it! Still gonna take a bit to get the captions on video but!! Exciting nonetheless! Now if anyone wants to know anything about Malaterra I may qualify as an expert. So. That’s fun! Send me asks if you wanna know stuff!

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Wouldn’t “Malaterra” basically translate to like “Bad place,” or am I thinking too literally? I’m intrigued by how on the nose this feels.

No yeah literally, "Mal" is bad and "terra" is earth, so you could translate this as "Bad Earth" or "Bad place" and. Yeah it's extremely on the nose. Which I think is really funny because I think that is just sort of the vibe for Malaterra in general? Everything is extremely dramatic and very twisty turny but somehow predictable and that's honestly very fun.

What I DON'T know is why Malaterra was chosen. From my (albeit limited) research, the word seems to have more Italian than French significance? Like, one of the main things that comes up when you Google "Malaterra" is eleventh-century monk and historian Goffredo Malaterra, who did most of his work in Italy. Then there are also a couple of pizza places in Rome and Naples. So I'm not sure if there's a cultural translation I don't know of, because I am not a native speaker of either French or Italian and I pulled together my translations with my four semesters of French and my trusty French to English dictionary. So I would be interested if anyone else knew about that! But yeah, essentially yes it's very on the nose!

(And thank you for all of your questions I appreciate you so much!!!!!!!!!)

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Who do you think is the BEST adapted character from Broadchurch to Malaterra. The worst?

Thank you for asking!!!

So each character in Malaterra has a slightly different backstory than their Broadchurch counterpart. And each change makes sense in context, because almost every change is made to further the theme of familial relationships due to the change in murderer for the series. So each character is only slightly different, but I still have three answers to this question somehow aslfsldfkj

So first off, the best adapted character to me is Ellie (Karine). The actress, Constance Dolle, does an exceptional job and looks remarkably like Olivia Colman. A thing I find extremely interesting is that this version really highlights Ellie's character. I personally feel like she's the "main" character of the series in the same way that I feel like Alec is the "main" character of Broadchurch, though you might feel differently, that's just an opinion. What I mean by this is that everything revolves around her, and that's painfully obvious in this adaptation, especially with Alec's story a bit downplayed and with the lack of the two following seasons. Also, she's kind of having a terrible time the whole show. As in Broadchurch, she gets passed up for a promotion on the same day as she finds her best friend's child murdered. She's questioning everything she ever knew about the people in her town. And then additionally, her dad's in a coma for a good half the series, so she's worried about him because they were very close. And then (and MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR spoilers here) it turns out her mom is not actually her mom and the woman she thought was her estranged sister is her mom (and is, in fact, also her sister, because her dad had a child with his own daughter) and she finds this out and basically she's got A LOT going on. And yet she still remains very Ellie. She's kind, even when it's tough. She's resilient. She's doing her very best to help her community. You can tell that character is Ellie, and I think that's what makes her the best adapted.

For the worst adapted, I have to say Reverend Paul Coates (Father Clement Costil) and okay. It's not even that the changes were bad, really. It's just that we did NOT explore the implications enough!!!! So yknow how in Broadchurch, Paul's backstory is that he's an alcoholic? Well. That's not it at all in Malaterra. So he's been going to this other town for extensive periods of time on the reg. And when Karine asks him about it he says he's visiting friends, doing priestly things, etc etc. But that's not what he's actually doing! It's worth noting that he is actually a Catholic priest in this one. Keep that in mind for what I'm about to say. So Thomas (Alec) is getting suspicious of him based on something Karine said. So he follows him for a bit. And he follows him to this other town, and Clement walks right up to this house and goes inside. And Thomas watches for a minute, and then he goes up and rings the doorbell. And this kid answers. And the kid's like "hey" and Thomas is like "uhhhh hey kid is your dad home?" and the kid's like "yeah" and calls for his dad and Clement shows up. So Catholic priest Clement has a secret family!!!!! He's a priest he's supposed to be married to the church and he secretly has a family!!! The implications of this are so interesting and we barely talk about it! And given the murderer change and the overall family themes in the show I think if that had been fleshed out, if he'd talked about why he was with this family and how much he loved them, I think it could've really said something and been a credit to the show overall. Like it's a great idea I just needed more!

Okay secret third answer is. Thomas. Is absolutely not the best or worst adapted. Honestly he's got very many very good Alec qualities. I mean, things are slightly more his fault, but there are so so so many scenes I love him in and I wish I could see David Tennant doing. HOWEVER. He also does the least Alec thing he could have possibly done in the whole show in my opinion. So I've always been of the headcanon, or really canon, that Alec is a picky eater. We always see him refuse food, he barely eats, it's a whole through line plot for him and Ellie in general. But I think it's pretty obvious that he doesn't ever really eat much of his own accord. But. In Malaterra. While Thomas is talking to Clement about his secret family, he points to an apple and is like "can I have that?" and Clement was like "yeah?" and he just EATS IT. HE EATS THE APPLE HE ASKED FOR. MY JAW WAS ON THE FLOOR YALL. And I think it was supposed to be because he was. Taking drugs at the time (his whole backstory/health journey is wild in this one!) but the drugs he's taking should actually suppress his appetite and not make him hungry!! This was just so wild I had to mention it here.

And I have to say. Even despite all of that? Better than Gracepoint!

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You can bring one story element (so it doesn’t have to be a specific scene, it can be a plot point, a bit of worldbuilding, whatever) from Malaterra into Broadchurch and make it canon for that universe. What do you pick?

Thank you for asking I am very excited to talk about this! Heavy spoilers for Malaterra, obviously.

So. My first thought is. So the first thing you need to know is that in this version of Broadchurch, Ellie (her name is Karine in this one) is a widower (which means Joe is dead from the beginning lol) and she lives with her kids and parents. This is extremely plot relevant for this version of the show. But it also culminates in what I think is the most dramatic part of the whole French series (which, by the way, is so very dramatic overall. It almost feels like watching a soap opera or telenovela)

So, there's this bit where they're about to go to Danny's (his name is Nathan in this one, and it's pronounced "Nuh-tahn" which was very helpful towards figuring out what words they were saying once I figured that out lol) funeral, and Karine's dad (his name is Toussaint, which is. So French) is like "Hey I have something I need to tell you, but I can't do it here. I'll tell you after the funeral" and then!!!! During the funeral, he collapses and goes into a coma!!! So he doesn't get to tell her his secret!!!! But I mean. You do very much figure it out. Even though he doesn't actually wake up for the rest of the series asdlgjdlsfj

Okay so like obviously to make this fit you'd have to change some things in Broadchurch, because Ellie's dad doesn't show up until season two anyway, and also. The murderer is different. But I just think that is so dramatic and made the viewing experience extremely fun. It is kind of a different vibe than Broadchurch has overall but I still think it's really fun and I would love to see something like it.

Thank you for asking I hope this wasn't too much information but I looooove talking about this show!!!!!

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Hello friends I’ve been feeling not so great recently and also I also at one point translated the French version of Broadchurch (Malaterra) into English so I could watch it. It would be really cool if you could ask me some questions about it if you have any?

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December 09, 2015 at 10:30AM

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November 18, 2015 at 10:45AM