Candide(2018)

Candide is a 13-episode series that reimagines Voltaire's satirical novel for contemporary audiences. The protagonist pursues his beloved Cunégonde across wildly different modern settings—from a California startup to a fictional North-Optimistan and into deep space—while adhering to his mentor Pangloss's philosophy of relentless optimism. As Candide encounters the world's cruelties and absurdities, the series maintains the original's biting political and religious satire, skewering modern institutions and ideologies. Like Voltaire's text, this adaptation uses comedy and misfortune to question blind faith in progress and the notion that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.