The 26the The theme of the La Rochelle fiction festival (September 10-15) will be Francophonie, with 2024 being the year of Francophonie at the international level.
“What suits the FFTV very well, given its specificity since its creation: promoting French or French-language creation”says Sophie Révil, producer and interim president. In total, 23 French works were selected, as well as eight foreign French-language works and six European works.
Season 2 of Good people ordinary will be presented there. The feminist dystopia written and directed by Ovidie received an Emmy Award in 2023 for its first season. Also filmed in Angoulême, it sees the main character, Romain (Jérémy Gillet) aim to make his own films, but his former image as a porn star is holding him back.
Ukraine, Périgord 1557, vengeful old woman
Frédéric Krivine, the creator ofA French Villageis the screenwriter of a story that takes the viewer to another war zone, that of Ukraine, today. Sentinels It’s the story of a female lieutenant stuck in a maternity ward with her pregnant partner, while Russian tanks are at the city gates.
In the saga Fortune of FranceRobert Merle stages a family of lords caught up in the turmoil of the wars of religion, in the Périgord of 1557. It was adapted by Christopher Thompson, son of the director Danièle Thompson for whom he wrote. In terms of series, he recently produced Bardot, broadcast on until.
On the TV film side, the latest work produced by Dominique Besnehard is also expected. After Ten percentthe former actor’s agent delivers an adaptation of the novel in his own style I am the executioner’s motherby David Letait-Helo, with director Gabriel Aghion (Pédale Douce) behind the camera.
In a funnier vein, actor-director Gustave Kerven returns with a 90-minute bittersweet comedy for until, I won’t let myself go anymore to do. It features Yolande Moreau: an old woman who, after the death of her only son, decides to take revenge on all those who have ruined her life.
Julie Gayet as Olympe de Gouges
As for the latest film by and with Julie Gayet, it is already making the rounds of the festivals at the end of this summer: Olympe, a woman in the Revolutiontells the story of Olympe de Gouges’ fight against the injustices done to women, which persist despite the application of the Declaration of Man and the Citizen, in the aftermath of the French Revolution.
Out of competition, the adaptation of the cartoon Cats’Eyes shows Camille Lou, Constance Labbé and Claire Romain in the roles of the three vigilantes.
In 2023, in Paris, Alexia, Tam and Sylia reunite after years of separation. At the same time, a work that belonged to their father who disappeared ten years earlier in the mysterious fire of his art gallery resurfaces during a prestigious exhibition at the Eiffel Tower. They then decide to take all the risks to steal it in the hope of finally understanding what happened to him.
Finally, fans of Delphine de Vigan will go see the first two episodes of the adaptation of her novel Children are kings.
Other literary adaptation: The world does not existan investigative novel by Fabrice Humbert. Niels Schneider plays the main role.
Hailed at the Séries Mania 2024 festival, A Devoted Friendby Just Philippot (The Cloud, Acid) promises a beautiful psychological thriller. Also promising: Indian Cemeterybased on an idea by screenwriter Thomas Bidegain. He recently made a name for himself with the series Machinebroadcast on until and awarded at the Séries Mania 2024 festival.
This edition is accompanied by four new audience awards (best actor, best actress, best series and best TV movie). Viewers from all over France will be able to vote for the series broadcast between September 2023 and June 2024. The general public has until Friday, September 6 to vote on www.programme-tv.net.
Registration opens for (free) screenings and signing sessions for the four daily soap operas Plus belle la vie, Un si grand soleil, Ici tout commence and Demain nous appartient from September 2 on the website https://www.festival-fictiontv.com
The artists who will be present
Thierry Godard (president of the jury), Sonia Rolland, Géraldine Nakache, Doria Tillier, Laure Calamy, Camille Lou, Constance Labbé, Claire Romain, Alex Lutz, Dominique Besnehard, Noé Debré, Oussama Kheddam, Xavier Robic, Nicolas Gob, Julie Gayet, Cécile Bois, Odile Vuillemin, Hugo Becker, Pascal Elbé, Michael Youn, Christopher Thomson, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Guillaume Gouix, Blandine Bellavoir, Eye Haidara, Emilie Caen, Karole Rocher, Bruno Salomone, Olivier Rabourdin, Mouna Soualem, Tiphaine Daviot, Théo Marini-Costa, Julien Gaspar-Olivieri, Renaud Bertrand, Marc Fitoussi, Elsa Lunghini, Sabine Perraud, Lucien Belvès, Galaad Quenouillère, Ingrid Chauvin, Luce Mouchel, Nelly Lawson, Mayel El Hajaoui, Anne Decis, Marie Hennerez, Johanna Boyer, Inaki Lartigue, Marie-Gaëlle Cals, Lila Guiraud, Mélanie Maudran, Sylvain Boccara, Fabrice Deville, Moïse Santamaria and many others.