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Studiocanal, Komplizen Series ‘A Better Place’ Imagines a World Without Prisons: ‘Our System Is Broken’
Backed by ARD and Canal+, Studiocanal, Komplizen’s series ‘A Better Place,’ created by Alexander Lindh and Laurent Mercier, shows a world without prisons.
In eight-episode series “A Better Place,” bowing at Mipcom, one city decides to do just that, closing down its correctional facilities and reintegrating prisoners into the society. In the show, former prisoners are trying to get used to normal life once again, frustrated family members of their victims are calling for justice and activists and politicians are trying to change the world – or at least gain popularity. Maria Hofstätter, Steven Sowah, Katharina Schüttler, Johannes Kienast, Sandra Borgmann, Richard Sammel, Ulrich Brandhoff, Alev Irmak, Youness Aabbaz, Aysima Ergün, Cynthia Micas and Constantin von Jascheroff star.
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