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Sparkling Procedurals Give Gallic Producers a French Touch
Series like 'HPI,' 'Tom & Lola' and 'Carpe Diem' lead new wave of family-friendly procedurals.
Indeed, fueled by the earlier success of long-running series “Candice Renoir,” and made stratospheric by smashes “ HPI ” and “Tandem,” the so-called “light crime” genre has become a new French delicacy. Other recent successes in this field have had a similar knock-on effect, drawing attention to French productions writ large while showing new potential in the U.S., Latin America and Japan, alongside established territories in Europe. As Mediawan Rights now rolls out the besties-turned-partners cop comedy “Tom & Lola,” Newen Connect will launch “Carpe Diem,” a sunny dramedy about a lawyer who defends the innocent after spending 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
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