The success ofThe Killingchanged all that.
Theres no lack of ambition here.
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The drama is, at first glance, rather straightforward.
Tough luck, Naomi, boss Tom Kendle (a leonine John Hurt) is insistent.
Is he keen for a reason?
Something persuaded him to travel to Marseille, the arsehole of Europe, as he puts it.
These direct connections are important and much of the drama is concerned with the personal.
These constructs underpin the transnational networks and provide motive and means for the human choices that power the drama.
It is for these reasons thatThe Last Panthers polyglotism is so important.
Its no mere affectation or flattery of the audience, but a core part of the argument.
National borders are fluid and the Anglophone viewer glides through the territories on subtitles.
The borders may be porous but they are still borders and their crossings matter.
There is a lot going on inThe Last Panthers, almost too much for six hours to handle.
Read ourinterview with The Last Panthers star Samantha Morton, here
