Airing every Thursday night on TF1 and now available in full on Salto, Syndrome E brilliantly brings to the screen Frank Tillis’ eponymous novel, which traces the meeting of the writer’s two flagship cops: Franck Charcot and Lucy Hannebel.
Led by Vincent Elbaz, Jennifer Dekker (who stands out as the big revelation of the series), Cole Schenn, Berenger Crieff, Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Bernier or even Dominique Blanc, this thriller immerses Frank Tillis’ characters in the ultra complex in six episodes. An investigation into the boundaries between the strange and the terrifying.
When children in Casablanca mysteriously disappear, corpses with ripped-out brains are found in France, and an old 1960s film sparks strange and dangerous behavior in those who watch it. Like Hannebel, who begins to cry tears of blood after attacking a fellow cop and quickly realizes that she is somehow connected to the whole story.
Although it takes place mainly in Paris, so Syndrome E also takes us to Casablanca, about Mahmoud Alaoui (Sami Seghir) and the kidnapping of the children, who force Charcot to travel to Morocco. During the 4th episode.
Later, it will be the turn of Lucy Hannebel, who will fly to Canada, where the key to the secret part can be found.
Unlike a lot of fiction, which cheats on scenes and geographical settings for obvious budgetary reasons, the new TF1 series was actually filmed in France, Morocco and Canada from May 10th to May 7th. In October 2021, as director Lor de Butler confirmed to us. During the last interview.
Sami Segir in E. syndrome
“Everything that takes place in Morocco, we shot in Morocco, and everything that is in Canada, we shot in Canada. We did not cheat any space. Three countries, I really considered it an advantage. If it is well prepared, there is no reason to go wrong. And for the director There’s the excitement of being out there, being in places you’re not used to shooting, there’s something that’s a bit subtle.”.
As for the sequences set in Paris and featuring most of the cast of Syndrome E, including Vincent Elbaz, Jennifer Dekker, Berenger Crieff and Kool Shen, they were filmed in Paris and the Paris region. And especially in the areas of La Défense and the 13th arrondissement. “I wanted to place the series in modern Paris, with its tall towers, verticality”continues Lord de Butler.
Often a very dark Paris, far from the postcards that movies and television often get us used to. And which greatly contributes to the special atmosphere of Syndrome E, which pushes the cursor a little further in terms of thriller, horror and audacity in French television.
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