France TV Distribution’s Corsica Blood Feud Thriller ‘Vendetta,’ from ‘A Prophet’ Producer Marco Cherqui, to Launch at Series Mania (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent “Vendetta,” the awaited Corsican blood feud drama-thriller from Marco Cherqui, who produced Jacques Audiard’s breakout movie “A Prophet,” will be brought onto the sales market at Series Mania by France TV Distribution.
Set up at CPB Films, behind Rebecca Zlotowski’s 2019 Toronto player “Savages” and the upcoming series expansion of “A Prophet,” both produced by Cherqui as CPB head of TV drama and cinema, “Vendetta” is co-produced by public broadcaster France TV, where it will air on France 2.
News of its international distribution launch comes just after “Vendetta” went into production in the first week of March, shooting in Corsica.
Billed as a mafia thriller and family tragedy, the six-part series turns on Anto, a Parisian cop of Corsican origin, who returns to his homeland with wife Vanina, to take over the family vineyard.
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