The 64th Monte-Carlo television festival opens on Friday with “Watson” from CBS Studios, with Morris Chestnut. During the following days, nine theater shows will compete for golden nymphs. Here are the competitors:
“Vanguard” (Sweden), mini-series, international international; Produced by FLX with the film I Väst for SVT; Distributed by Viaplay Content Distribution
“Vanguard” tells the story of an improbable media tycoon and a pioneer in technological reform, torn between passion and duty. It is a story of intrepid entrepreneurship, a desire to change the world – and a rivalry between brothers and sisters in a powerful family fractured by old wounds.
“Vanguard”
“Pan AM 103 bombing” (United Kingdom) Miniseries, international international; Produced by World Productions; Released by the BBC in the United Kingdom and Netflix Worldwide
A drama based on the events surrounding the Bombardment de Lockerbie in 1988 and the joint investigation of the United Kingdom who sought to translate the perpetrators into court. Flight Pan AM 103 was on the road from Heathrow to JFK when a bomb exploded in its take on the Scottish city of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans.
“Pan AM 103 bombing”
With the kind authorization of Mark Maiz / BBC / Netflix
“Sherlock & Dille” (US-UK), series, French first; Produced by Starlings Television and Story First; Distributed by the Federation studios
Sherlock Holmes, played by David Thewlis, finds himself unable to investigate a sinister case without risking the life of his closest friends. Meanwhile, the young American Amelia, played by Blu Hunt, learns that her disappeared father can be the estimated detective. Sherlock fights with his intellect and his emotion when he is confronted with this young woman pretending to be his daughter.
“Sherlock & Dille”
With the kind authorization of Starlings TV Distribution
“Deepfake” (Canada), mini-series, first international; produced by sphere media; Distributed by Sphere Abacus
The life of Stéphanie, twenty-five, has returned when a compromising video of her mother becomes viral. Stéphanie thinks that the video, which destroyed her mother’s political career and injured her influential family, is a false – despite an expert consensus on the fact that it is authentic. But who created the Deepfake, and why?
“Deepfake”
With the kind permission of Sphere Abacus
“Good cop / bad cop” (Australia), series, first French; produced by future Shack Entertainment and Jungle Entertainment; Distributed by ITV Studios
“Welcome to Eden Vale – a small slice of paradise on earth.” So read the panels on the outskirts of the apparently idyllic American city, but dark comic crimes and tangled relationships are hidden below the surface.
“Champagne – Peppino di Capri” (Italy) television film, international first; Produced by O’Groove Production for Rai
The film follows the rise and the fall of the singer-songwriter Peppino Di Capri in the 1950s and 1960s, and his turbulent relationship with Roberta. Thanks to the support of Bebè, his best friend and longtime drummer, and a new lover, Giuliana, Peppino continues to win the Sanremo festival for the first time.
“Don’t give up” (South Africa), television, world premiere; Produced by Videovision Entertainment and Distant Horizon
A touching story of a homeless young mother and her attempt to survive in the severe environment of modern Johannesburg. The writer-director Darrell Roodt was nominated for the Oscars for “yesterday” in 2004.
“Don’t give up”
With the kind permission from Videovision Entertainment
“Hundred thirteen” (Germany-Austria), series, international first; Produced by Windlight Pictures and Satel Film; Distributed by ITV Studios
When a bus crashes on a motorway in the city center, leaving a path of destruction in its wake, it triggers a complex and high investigation inquire when the detectives try to resolve the mystery of what happened. But it also has a deep effect on many apparently unconnected lives.
“Hundred thirteen”
Windlight Gracieuse Pictures
“One day in September” (Germany), television, world premiere; Produced by the production of films of films and television in network, Made in Munich Content & Films GmbH for ZDF in collaboration with Arte
On September 14, 1958, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle met for the first time. The meeting of the two charismatic statesmen is responsible for tensions but will mark the birth of French German friendship as well as the European unification movement.
“One day in September”
With the kind permission of ZDF / Nico Vepeper
