On this second day of the festival program in Lille, the international capital of the series, from March 18 to 25: The Return of David Simon to Baltimore, a bloody thriller adapted from the novels of Frank Tillies, and an addictive Flemish thriller.
The Festival Mania, which runs until March 25 in Lille, continues its festive activities by offering the public an eclectic and international program, taking into account the great uprisings of the modern world.
After a shocking medical series filmed by Ben Wishow, Fanny Herrero’s new and modern stand-up comedy, the sparkling detective series HPI is back for a second season, and the poetic teen series Chair Tendre. Intersex heroine, teamAllocated Being in Lille throughout this edition, continues to share your favorites of choice every day.
On the festival platform you can now see series of competitions as well as meetings and masterclasses Digital Mania Series.
Syndrome E (French Competition)
In recent years, with proposals such as Insoupçonnable, Rebecca, Luther, or La Traque, TF1 has taken a darker and bolder turn on the artistic side. And that will prove it once again in the coming months with Syndrome E, a series of new events with Vincent Elbaz, the first two episodes of which appear in the series Mania on Sunday, March 20, and Monday, March 21 as part of the French competition.
Written by Mathieu Missoffe (Zone blanche) and directed by Laure de Butler (La Promesse), who once again boasts of his real vision and excellent staging ideas, Syndrome E is an adaptation of the novel by de Frank Tiles that launched the series. Books dedicated to Frank Charcot-Lucy Henbel.
The series sees Charcot, a rude and lonely policeman who fails to mourn his daughter, begin a difficult investigation to find the mysterious missing children. Meanwhile, an old movie from the 1960s causes strange and dangerous behavior in those who watch it. When Lucy Hennel, a 35-year-old police officer and single mother, realizes that her past may be related to the Charcot investigation, she joins her team.
Very dark, sometimes chills, Syndrome E goes far beyond prime time to TF1 and that is what we love. We see bloodshot eyes, lifeless bodies with their brains torn off, disturbing videos that remind you of a ring. And some pretty scary experiments on kids. The introduction is exciting and really pushes you to see what will be next.
Especially on the cake, the series is served by a five-star actress, starting with Vincent Elbaz and Jennifer Decker from Comédie-Française. As well as Emmanuel Beart, Cool Shen, Berenger Criff, Michelle Bernier, Anne Charie, Dominique Blanc, and Sam Segire, among others.
Coming soon to TF1
Para // Elebi (Special testimonials)
This is Disney +’s second original French creation. Together with Para // èles, creator Quoc Dang Tran combines the science fiction genre with an effective, human and attractive age. The series tells the story of four teenagers who find themselves in a parallel dimension after a power outage in an underground bunker.
If a project promise is part of some recent success code like Dark or Stranger Things, the result manages to free itself from these titles thanks to a more organic style and italic writing. Para // èles is an ambitious series, but gives privilege to the emotions and the development of its characters in spectacular sequence.
In the hearts of persuasive actors we meet especially Guillaume Labe, Naidra Ayad and Gil Alma, but also Thomas Chomel – the hero of the Clem series – who embodies Samuel, the central element of this intrigue that should seduce young and old.
Para // èles is available from March 23 on Disney +.
We own this city (International Competition)
Based on the investigative book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, We Own This City marks the return of showman David Simon five years after the show Show Me a Hero, and especially his return to Baltimore, a peculiar character. From his cult work The Wire. It depicts the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force, a special unit set up in 2015 to eliminate gun violence in the city that ended in disaster.
To illustrate the rampant corruption in police ranks and the deterioration of citizens’ trust, encouraged by various anti-drug policies sparked by mass arrests, David Simon’s new creation is a relentless court chronicle of systemic police violence that depicts an increasingly ill. America is on the verge of transitioning to Trump’s presidency.
We own this city, April 25 on HBO.
Two summers (International Panorama)
The Belgian series presented this weekend as part of the international panorama, Two Summers is a summer series with mysteries, thrillers and soap that we really need at the end of winter.
Created by Tom Lenaerts and Paul Betten, Two Summers tells the story of a group of friends who have reunited for a vacation on Paradise Island, 30 years after a remarkable summer marked by a horrific tragedy after one of them died in a tragic accident. And this quiet reunion will not turn into a nightmare for long when one of the members of the group is blackmailed in support of a video dating back 30 years, which reveals his responsibility for the rape.
Viewers are immersed in an investigation similar to Agatha Christie to find out who is behind the blackmail. Before the situation turns into a massacre game? The image is very beautiful, the characters are well drawn and the authors abuse the episodes with the rich and toxic and problematic behavior of the men.
Coming soon to Netflix
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