‘Baron Noir’ Helmer Ziad Doueiri to Partner With Screenwriter Eric Benzekri, Canal+ on ‘Fievre’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Ziad Doueiri, the French-Lebanese filmmaker of the Oscar-nominated movie “The Insult” who made his TV debut with the hit series “Baron Noir,” will next direct “Fièvre” (“Fever”). “Fièvre” was penned by “Baron Noir” screenwriter Eric Benzekri and has been co-developed by French pay TV group Canal+’s Creation Originale label.

The show is being produced by Quad, the Paris-based company behind Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache’s “Intouchables” and the series “The Bonfire of Destiny.” “Fievre” is headlined by two female characters played by Nina Meurisse, who notably starred in Celine Sciamma’s Berlinale competition film “Petite Maman,” and Julia Piaton, from Emmanuel Mouret’s “Love Affair(s)” which was part of Cannes 2020’s official selection.

Doueiri told Variety that the series will follow a woman who leads a crisis management firm and comes across a massive scandal involving a Black soccer player who beat the team’s coach, who is white.

The scandal becomes viral and gets swiftly exploited by a far-right politician in France, where tensions of all kinds are already broiling. “As with ‘Baron Noir,’ Eric Benzekri wrote a gripping script exploring the social and political layers of the French society,” said Doueiri.