In 1970, the famous robbery of the Spanish series La Casa de Papel will end on Netflix. The gangster gang of Peaky Blinders will be back for a season 6 on BBC. In France, the interns of Hippocrate will do their second round of duty on Canal +… But many new features also await series fans…
15 Minutes selected 10 most anticipated French and European series of this new year.
“Lupine”, January 8 on Netflix
Does Netflix hold its successful French series with this copycat of Maurice Leblanc’s hero? In Lupine , series freely adapted from the adventures of Arsène Lupine, Omar Sy embodies Assane Diop, a gentleman burglar who sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted twenty-five years ago.
“Paris Police 310 ”, February 8 on Canal +
The worthy successor of Tiger Brigades ? On the background of a police investigation, Paris Police 310 follows an ambitious young inspector (Jérémie Laheurte), the prefect Lépine, the first French lawyer and a courtesan converted into a spy who will try to prevent a coup d’état in a violent political context, at a time when the Dreyfus affair was at its height.
“UFO (s)”, the 10 January on Canal +
One X-Files in comedy mode in the France of Valérie Giscard d’Estaing! UFO (s) follows the misadventures of Didier Mathure ( Melvil Poupaud ), brilliant space engineer, who sees his dream go up in smoke when his rocket explodes on takeoff… Following his disappointment, he is transferred at the head of a specialized UFO investigation office, managed by a team that actually gives the impression of living on another planet.
“In therapy”, on 28 January on Arte. TV and February 4 on Arte
The French adaptation of the global Israeli success Be Tipul. At the helm of In therapy , the duo of directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano ( Intouchables, Our Happy Days ) chose to situate the action just after the attack on Bataclan . Mélanie Thierry, Clémence Poésy, Pio Marmaï, Céleste Brunnquell and Réda Kateb follow one another on the sofa of Frédéric Pierrot who confides himself in Carole Bouquet. In the United States, ten after the end of its third season, In Treatment , will be relaunched by HBO, with a new distribution and Uzo Aduba ( Orange Is The New Black ) in the role of the shrink.
“I promise you”, soon on TF1
A daring bet to want adapt in France This Is Us , the critical and public success of NBC. I promise you follows Paul (Hugo Becker) and his wife Florence (Camille Lou) who are impatiently awaiting the birth of their triplets. For their part, Maud (Marylou Berry), overweight young woman, Michaël (Guillaume Labbé), Ligue 1 footballer and Mathis (Narcisse Mame), trader who has just found his biological father, celebrate their 37 years…
“Germinal”, soon on France 2
France 2 is back with costume adaptations of a masterpiece of French literary heritage. This adaptation of Germinal, the famous novel by Emile Zola, is signed Julien Lilti ( Family Business, Hippocrate ) and directed by David Hourrègue ( SKAM France ). In the cast, Louis Peres ( Mental ), Thierry Godard ( Engrenages ), Alix Poisson ( Laetitia ) and Guillaume de Tonquédec ( Do not here, do not do that ).
“Voltaire Mixte”, soon on Amazon Prime Video
Voltaire, mixed created by Marie Roussin ( Les Bracelets Rouges, Un Village Français, Borgia ) depicts the introduction of co-education in a high school for boys , who saw an unprecedented earthquake with the arrival of a group of girls in its ranks. A dramatic comedy which returns “on the societal and sexual revolution which upset France for years 310 ”, according to Georgia Brown, European director of the Amazon Originals series at Prime Video. The series should thus carry these high school students until May 1960 .
“Totem operations”, soon on Amazon Prime Video
Operations Totems , created and written by Juliette Soubrier ( Zone Blanche ) and Olivier Dujols ( The Legends Office, Falco ) relates the love story between two spies in the service of enemy powers during the cold war in the France of De Gaulle, Francis Morizet, a French secret agent and a recruit of the KGB named Lyudmila. As illegal intelligence missions multiply between the SDECE and the CIA, both will do everything possible to defend the interests of their respective countries and to resist their feelings towards each other.
“Atlantic Crossing”, on Chérie 25 the 25 January
The biggest Norwegian production to date, selected at CannesSéries! Atlantic Crossing chronicles the relationship between Princess Martha of Norway and US President Franklin Delanoe Roosevelt during WWII, and how WWII used his influence to get the United States to go to war. A historical drama worn by Kyle MacLachlan ( Twin Peaks ).
“The Serpent”, coming soon to BBC One
The British series in eight episodes The Serpent follows serial killer on the loose Charles Sobhraj, nicknamed “The Serpent” in the years 1970. Camped by Tahar Rahim, Charles Sobhra killed 11 at 20 people, mainly in Asia, helped by his partner Marie-Andrée Leclerc (played by Jenna Coleman). The series should be available in France on Netflix.
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The French adaptation of the global Israeli success Be Tipul. At the helm of In therapy , the duo of directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano ( Intouchables, Our Happy Days ) chose to situate the action just after the attack on Bataclan . Mélanie Thierry, Clémence Poésy, Pio Marmaï, Céleste Brunnquell and Réda Kateb follow one another on the sofa of Frédéric Pierrot who confides himself in Carole Bouquet. In the United States, ten after the end of its third season, In Treatment , will be relaunched by HBO, with a new distribution and Uzo Aduba ( Orange Is The New Black ) in the role of the shrink.
“I promise you”, soon on TF1
A daring bet to want adapt in France This Is Us , the critical and public success of NBC. I promise you follows Paul (Hugo Becker) and his wife Florence (Camille Lou) who are impatiently awaiting the birth of their triplets. For their part, Maud (Marylou Berry), overweight young woman, Michaël (Guillaume Labbé), Ligue 1 footballer and Mathis (Narcisse Mame), trader who has just found his biological father, celebrate their 37 years…
“Germinal”, soon on France 2
France 2 is back with costume adaptations of a masterpiece of French literary heritage. This adaptation of Germinal, the famous novel by Emile Zola, is signed Julien Lilti ( Family Business, Hippocrate ) and directed by David Hourrègue ( SKAM France ). In the cast, Louis Peres ( Mental ), Thierry Godard ( Engrenages ), Alix Poisson ( Laetitia ) and Guillaume de Tonquédec ( Do not here, do not do that ).
“Voltaire Mixte”, soon on Amazon Prime Video
France 2 is back with costume adaptations of a masterpiece of French literary heritage. This adaptation of Germinal, the famous novel by Emile Zola, is signed Julien Lilti ( Family Business, Hippocrate ) and directed by David Hourrègue ( SKAM France ). In the cast, Louis Peres ( Mental ), Thierry Godard ( Engrenages ), Alix Poisson ( Laetitia ) and Guillaume de Tonquédec ( Do not here, do not do that ).
Voltaire, mixed created by Marie Roussin ( Les Bracelets Rouges, Un Village Français, Borgia ) depicts the introduction of co-education in a high school for boys , who saw an unprecedented earthquake with the arrival of a group of girls in its ranks. A dramatic comedy which returns “on the societal and sexual revolution which upset France for years 310 ”, according to Georgia Brown, European director of the Amazon Originals series at Prime Video. The series should thus carry these high school students until May 1960 .
“Totem operations”, soon on Amazon Prime Video
Operations Totems , created and written by Juliette Soubrier ( Zone Blanche ) and Olivier Dujols ( The Legends Office, Falco ) relates the love story between two spies in the service of enemy powers during the cold war in the France of De Gaulle, Francis Morizet, a French secret agent and a recruit of the KGB named Lyudmila. As illegal intelligence missions multiply between the SDECE and the CIA, both will do everything possible to defend the interests of their respective countries and to resist their feelings towards each other.
“Atlantic Crossing”, on Chérie 25 the 25 January
The biggest Norwegian production to date, selected at CannesSéries! Atlantic Crossing chronicles the relationship between Princess Martha of Norway and US President Franklin Delanoe Roosevelt during WWII, and how WWII used his influence to get the United States to go to war. A historical drama worn by Kyle MacLachlan ( Twin Peaks ).
“The Serpent”, coming soon to BBC One
The British series in eight episodes The Serpent follows serial killer on the loose Charles Sobhraj, nicknamed “The Serpent” in the years 1970. Camped by Tahar Rahim, Charles Sobhra killed 11 at 20 people, mainly in Asia, helped by his partner Marie-Andrée Leclerc (played by Jenna Coleman). The series should be available in France on Netflix.
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