Do you miss the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics yet? The Marie Antoinettes clutching their warbling heads, the drenched athletes and flaming piano floating down the Seine, the … Minions? They were the pinnacle of French fromage-ité, but if you’re ready for something saner, you might consider a couple of mini-series fit for the languors of late summer.
The Chalet (2018) is not to be confused with the Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall, which also involves a deadly chalet. A group of attractive couples are gathering at a chalet in a tiny town in the French Alps—this was filmed in Chamonix—to celebrate the upcoming marriage of their friends Tiphaine and Laurent. As their convoy of cars approaches the town on an ancient bridge, part of it crumbles behind them, cutting them off from civilization.
