The fifth edition of CANNESERIES is coming to an end. In recent days, festival attendees have been able to discover short series in a competition decided by Anthony Horowitz, writer and screenwriter (Alex Ryder), Mark Ruchman, actor, director, composer (Plan Coeur) and jury. Chinenye Ezeudu, Actor (Sex Education).
The Miramar Space has welcomed several Korean talents to present a small anthology of South Korean series. The whole Skam France team is also waiting for a special meeting with the fans. Finally, the public was able to attend the master class of Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, in the series Jeux d’influence: Les Combattantes.
Among the events in Cannes, france.tv presented the first episodes of the second season of Parliament of its brilliant political comedy, followed by a meeting with the team. In terms of competition, we discovered the German Concept Series Souls and the Norwegian Solar Series Afterglow.
Souls (Competition)
Large-scale German series, Souls Is a choral series that plays with the concepts of temporality and spirituality. This German drama also approaches the spirit of the deceased The OA or Sense8 because of questions about faith, the supernatural, and connection. Between souls.
When 14-year-old Jacobs claims he had a past life as Leo, the pilot of a lost plane, his faith will turn the lives of three women upside down: his own mother, who survived an accident, Lynn, 25. – An old Berliner is enrolled in a sect that believes in life after death and Ali, a pregnant pathologist and the wife of the famous Leo, the pilot of a plane he tries to avoid taking off. Jacob becomes a crucial element in turning events, mixed between past and present.
Souls is one of those high concept series that always risks scrolling through the script nodes on the carpet. If its beginning is quite convincing, especially for the part that deals with Alia, we will need to wait for the sequel to find out if the series is on track according to the script and rhythm. Nevertheless, this German drama by Alex Islam keeps all its promises in terms of form, stunning visual atmosphere and impressive technical means.
Parliament Season 2 (Rendezvous in Cannes)
The first original creation of the france.tv platform, Parliament Is a joyous and educational political comedy that finally returns with a second season. We are pleased to find Sam, this young Parliament Aide, who is slowly but surely starting to find his place in Brussels. After casting his vote against the Fisheries and Shark Whale trade and ousting his former MP, Sam will become an assistant to the ambitious newly elected representative in Parliament.
But this new beginning is broken by many obstacles, such as the clever intern who surpassed him, his new Spanish girlfriend, and his former Flame Rose, who has returned from California and is now a mediocre lobbyist. With this new twist, Parliament continues to use intellectual satire that uses and abuses absurdity and humor to criticize European institutions and political conflicts.
This second season of Parliament, still held by talented actors navigating between languages, is a sequel to the first set of episodes that happily and spicyly tells the story of modern political life. Xavier Lacaille has always been distinguished by Sam’s skin, which juggles between his professional and personal life, the issues of which are sometimes closely related.
Afterglow (Contest)
The last series of the competition, Further light Is one of the works of the sun that restores your faith in humanity. His co-creator and director, Atle Knudsen, used his personal experience to tell a story that was close to his heart and honored by his wife. Afterglow follows how Esther’s life changes the day she learns she has cancer.
Her illness will profoundly affect her husband, her children and her friends, who will question their lives and their relationship to the point of death. Even if she shrinks, Esther’s entourage (Nina Ellen Odegard sparkling) remains for her because she is loved and important to many. The Norwegian TV series is seductive with its exaggerated energy and humanity, despite the dramatic themes that are considered without a detour or taboo, but with wisdom and kindness, and for all its favorite actors.
Source: allocine
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