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From ‘The Crown’ to ‘Franklin,’ How France Has Become TV’s New Sought-After Backdrop
The Olympics may not have kickedoff just yet, but TV is alreadyhighlighting the European country.
The first of the three World War II series to feature France during one of its darkest chapters is largely confined to the walled city of Saint-Malo, which became the battleground for a 1944 months-long fight between the Allies and Germany. In the series, Moss’ chameleon-like MI6 operative adopts the character of Imogen to coax intel out of a potential high-ranking ISIS commander named Adilah (Yumna Marwan), whom she takes on a road trip across Siberia and Istanbul. Having managed to survive the flagship series, Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) finds himself washed ashore in France, the patient-zero country for the zombie apocalypse that single-handedly revolutionized the genre on television.
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