When acclaimed supernatural series Les Revenants/The Returned aired on Canal+ in 2012, it emerged into a fairly barren landscape for French-language scripted TV drama. The story of a remote mountain town whose dead are mysteriously revived, its stylish, cinematic look and philosophical, grown-up approach to genre television had little precedent. While the French ‘polar’ or detective series had long been a television staple, France had almost no tradition of sci-fi, horror and fantasy TV shows – or at least, none taken seriously by its understandably cinephile-and-proud cultural gatekeepers.
In the last five years, coinciding with the global growth of scripted TV drama, that’s all changed. Crime thrillers still wear the crown, but alongside them, France and Belgium are producing and exporting more continuing television dramas and miniseries than ever. From Black Mirror-ish future-set Osmosis and consciousness-swapping Transfers, to cool Parisian teen Vampires and creepy horror Marianne, scripted French-language genre television is exploding.
In the last five years, coinciding with the global growth of scripted TV drama, that’s all changed. Crime thrillers still wear the crown, but alongside them, France and Belgium are producing and exporting more continuing television dramas and miniseries than ever. From Black Mirror-ish future-set Osmosis and consciousness-swapping Transfers, to cool Parisian teen Vampires and creepy horror Marianne, scripted French-language genre television is exploding.
- 7/22/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Michael Ahr Dave Vitagliano Mar 3, 2019
Netflix is cranking out some top notch genre television from non-English speaking countries, and our podcast hosts pick some favorites.
We talk about a lot of shows on Sci Fi Fidelity and talk to a lot of people behind the scenes, but occasionally, we like to discuss a topic that is of interest to genre television viewers and is relevant to the trends of the day. We couldn't be happier that Netflix has chosen both to import great sci-fi from outside the U.S. and to co-produce much of the content themselves, allowing more great content to reach a wider audience than it would otherwise enjoy.
Our discussion topic typically covers six exemplary representatives, and this month we were happy to feature examples from six different countries. We were able to include series that paved the way for the others such as Brazil's dystopian 3% and Germany's time travel masterpiece Dark,...
Netflix is cranking out some top notch genre television from non-English speaking countries, and our podcast hosts pick some favorites.
We talk about a lot of shows on Sci Fi Fidelity and talk to a lot of people behind the scenes, but occasionally, we like to discuss a topic that is of interest to genre television viewers and is relevant to the trends of the day. We couldn't be happier that Netflix has chosen both to import great sci-fi from outside the U.S. and to co-produce much of the content themselves, allowing more great content to reach a wider audience than it would otherwise enjoy.
Our discussion topic typically covers six exemplary representatives, and this month we were happy to feature examples from six different countries. We were able to include series that paved the way for the others such as Brazil's dystopian 3% and Germany's time travel masterpiece Dark,...
- 3/3/2019
- Den of Geek
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