NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS
DUTCH GRAND HOTEL BY THE SEA
There are a couple of new period set international TV series currently being prepared for our viewing pleasure, so I thought I could do a spotlight on them today for you, starting from Holland where they have
GRAND HOTEL BY THE SEA ready for the international market later this year. This eight
part series, done for Dutch
NPO broadcaster, is a romantic period drama centered on the future of the prestigious 'Grand Hotel aan Zee' in Noordwijk, spanning the years 1912 - 1919. Hotel owner Sandra is determined to
transform the Grand Hotel aan Zee within two years into the premier hotel for Europe’s elite along the Dutch coast. In her pursuit, she is confronted with the challenges of being an ambitious woman at the dawn of the 20th century. The hotel’s transformation not only influences Sandra’s future but also the lives
and loves of five women around her. Gradually, space begins to emerge for each of them to make their own choices and shape their own futures.
Thekla Reuten, Joes Brauers, Florence Vos Weeda, Mustafa Duygulu star.
THE MARQUISE FROM PORTUGALThis
six part historical series is being done for Portuguese broadcaster
RTP
following a great poet from the late 18th century. From her beginnings
in
a Lisbon convent to the wild Viennese court, these are the stories of
a fearless Marquise who will rock the ruling elite. Leonor is torn
between two loves – a Count and an Emperor – and in an era where
literature, music, and cuisine
blend, she must choose her destiny.
Mediapro Studio has taken the international distribution rights at the
recent Berlin Film Festival. It is an adaptation of the bestselling
novel by Portugal’s
Maria João Lopo de
Carvalho about Leonor de Almeida
Portugal, Marquise of Alorna – a poet, diplomat and revolutionary
thinker, who was considered one of the most captivating women of the
18th century.
SORORITY SERIES FROM FRANCE
Over in France we have this period set thriller done for
France TV a tale of three women – a wet-nurse, a midwife and a grieving mother – pitched against a male-dominated world in a Paris of 1889.
SORORITY follows Rose
who leaves her rural home to become a wet nurse for a bourgeois family in Paris. There, she meets Odette, a midwife, who warns her that she won’t be allowed to keep her own child with her. Rose finds a solution, however risky:
passing off her baby as that of Hélène de Gersande, a mother grieving the sudden loss of her infant. Rose, Odette and Hélène, three women from very different backgrounds, will have to join forces to carve out a place for themselves in a male-dominated world, and claim their freedom.
and Goliath
and David’s rise to the throne. As he navigates palace politics, his
family’s jealousy, and a growing romance, David steps deeper into his
destiny and learns what it means to become a great leader.
and Goliath
and David’s rise to the throne. As he navigates palace politics, his
family’s jealousy, and a growing romance, David steps deeper into his
destiny and learns what it means to become a great leader.
