For its first original French fiction, Paramount+ has chosen to bring to the screen one of the best-selling novels of writer Maxime Chatham, to whom we owe bestsellers such as Hexes, the spirit of evil, Predators or Gaia theory.
The streaming platform, which recently launched Liaison Fatale or Wolf Pack, has just announced the start of filming on the six-part series Le Signal, created by François Ouzan (Lupin) based on the novel of the same name by Maxime Chatham, who has become one of the masters of the French thriller over the years.
By Clotilde Hesme (HPI, Les Revenants) Le Signal concerns the Dormail family, who, by moving to the small Breton island of Kernole, hope for a fresh start. Successful journalist Olivia is pregnant with her second child. She put her career on hold to accommodate this pregnancy and her husband Paul found work as a doctor on the island. On the other hand, their daughter Camille is dragging her feet.
Confronted by his mother, whom he reproaches for always favoring his career, the inventive teenager and science-obsessed man only cares about one thing in this move: the powerful electromagnetic disturbance on the island that will allow him to prove his greatness. theory. Camille does think there is a connection between waves and the afterlife.
But soon after the Dormails arrive, disturbing events begin to occur on the island, including a series of bloody accidents that Chief Warrant Officer Abby Keita is tasked with investigating. As more deaths follow, the more disturbing spectral waves Camille discovers, and the more uncomfortable Olivia feels in the house, which seems to know a terrible secret she and her husband have been hiding for ten years.
In order to save their family and uncover the island’s buried secrets, Olivia and Camille must reconcile and reunite before plunging into darkness and facing their own demons.
Clotilda Hesme and Gregory Montel will be Olivia and Paul in Le Signal.
Along with Clotilde Hesme, who after Lupin finds François Ouzan and gives Olivia her features, Paramount + subscribers will find Signal Annabelle Lengronne (Interior Kitchen), Gregory Montel (Ten Percent), Sarah Pachud (L’école de life) in the credits. ), Leina Gemma and Riyad Gahmi (Mental), who round out the cast of this fantasy thriller set against a backdrop of psychological drama.
Let’s not forget Maxim Chatham, the author of the novel that served as the basis for the screenwriters who appear in supporting roles in the series.
Directed by Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun (Vortex) and Karim Ouaret (L’Absente) and written by François Ouzan, Maya Haffar and Delphine Agut, Le Signal is produced by Isabelle Desgeorges and Aurel Iniesta for Gaumont in association with Paramount Television International. .
Filming between June and October in and around Brittany, this fantastic new series with a fascinating set and cast will be available in France in 2024 on Paramount+.
Source: Allocine
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