FORTUNES OF FRANCE
FIRST HISTORICAL Series SET IMAGES ARE HERE While the strike season is on we will, as usual, stick to Europe, so today I have something new from France for you: last year they had a number of historical mini series led by
The King's Favourite and
Marie Antoinette,
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Nicolas Duvauchelle leads the series as the family patriarch
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but this year they are adapting one of their most beloved series of historical novels -
Robert Merle's 13 books long saga
FORTUNES OF FRANCE (
Fortune de France) is being turned into a six episode mini series by
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Gregory Fitoussi and Lucie Debay star in the new series
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2! Today you can check out first set photos showing us the lead stars in full costume: and it is an ensemble cast led by our dear
Nicolas Duvauchelle alongside
Gregory Fitoussi and
Guillaume Gouix! The historical series, which used more than 750 extras in the production, will air next year.
THE SERIES IS SET IN
Black Périgord, Château de Mespech, 1557. The religious wars are
threatening to spread through France. Behind the ramparts of the castle
of Mespech, surrounded by a dangerous, hostile and intolerant world, the
Siorac family fights for its survival and its convictions. Jean
(Nicolas Duvauchelle), the father, is forced to reconnect with violence
to defend his ideals. Isabelle (Lucie Debay), the mother, fights to exist
in a world where men make the law. Pierre (Simon Zampieri) and François
(Marcel Thompson), the sons, suddenly enter adulthood, torn like their
country between the Protestant faith of their father and the Catholic
fervor of their mother. There is the life of a community, masters and
servants, parents and children, epidemics, adversaries, battles and
mourning, science and superstitions and love stories.
