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Annecy: TV Series Project ‘Douce’ Offers Caustic Look at Motherhood

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Ben Croll Rennes-based production outfit Vivement Lundi!, whose short film “Memorable” claimed two top prizes at last year’s Annecy Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award, returns this year to pitch a project of a wholly different flavor.Presented in the Mifa Pitch forum, the short-format series “Douce” (French for “Meek”) offers a bawdy and irreverent look at modern maternity, centering on a 41 year-old force of nature with three kids to feed, one more on the way, and no use for social niceties.Variety has had access to a pilot, which demonstrates this very well.“The idea is to make a series of sketches to upend the image we have motherhood,” says show director-creator Isabelle Lenoble. “To treat the subject with a caustic look.

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