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Friday, December 9, 2022

ITVX STREAMER LAUNCHES WITH CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON HISTORICAL TV SERIES! SEE HUGO BECKER, GREGORY FITOUSSI IN WIN OR DIE FRENCH HISTORICAL WAR MOVIE TRAILER

 ITVX LAUNCHES WITH 
CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON COSTUME DRAMA
ITV has invested $200 million and launched their new free streaming service ITVX this week with new historical series CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON which is available for streaming as of December 8th. Karla-Simone Spence leads the four parter in the role of Frannie Langton, the drama’s young protagonist born into a life of slavery who is fighting to tell her own story. She is joined by Sophie Cookson as Madame Marguerite Benham and Patrick Martins as Olaudah “Laddie” Cambridge in the murder mystery drama. Also starring in the historically authentic adaptation is Stephen Campbell Moore as renowned scientist and husband to Madame, George Benham. Joining him are Steven Mackintosh as John Langton and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn as Sal. 
 
CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON
 set against the dazzling opulence of Georgian London, narrates Frannie’s journey from a Jamaican plantation to the grand Mayfair mansion of celebrated scientist George Benham and his exquisitely beautiful wife, Madame Marguerite Benham. In a misguided and monstrous gesture Frannie is gifted to Benham by the man who owns her, John Langton, and she is employed as a maid in the household much to her chagrin. As the plot twists and turns, events take a fateful turn as the Benhams are found murdered in their beds, with Frannie lying next to Marguerite. Frannie is accused of murder but swears that she couldn’t possibly have killed her mistress because she was devoted to her. Dragged away to prison, Frannie attempts to piece together the events of that night. She is deep into a laudanum addiction and unclear about precisely what happened…
 
 
 WIN OR DIE MOVIE TRAILER 
STARRING HUGO BECKER
The film is out in France January 25th
Speaking of period set projects, I also have one for you from France today: first traielr for WIN OR DIE historical movie also known as VAINCRE OU MOURIR which is coming to French cinemas next January directed together by Paul Mignot and Vincent Mottez and with a rather strong cast of French superstars led by Hugo Becker, Gregory Fitoussi, Jonathan Demurger, Jean Hugues Anglade and Rod Paradot. You can check out the first teaser below.
 
 
Hugo Becker leads the cast
THE STORY OF WIN OR DIE
follows the adventures of Charette (played here by French star Hugo Becker), naval officer, winner of the American War of Indepen- dence, who sees his life changed in 1793 when he engages in a final fight for freedom. François Athanase de Charette de la Contrie (2 May 1763 – 29 March 1796) was a Breton Royalist soldier and politician. He served in the French Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War and was one of the leaders of  the Revolt in the Vendée against the revolutionary regime during which the peasant fighters asked Charette to be their leader. During the very brutal war in which republicans massacred many people, he won numerous battles but was captured and executed when he was just 32.
 

12 comments:

  1. Love Hugo Becker and love the story of the Chouans, but why tun it into a movie when the material could fit better in series?

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    1. Tis probably cheaper to shoot a movie than a multiple episode series, Gattofila. At least in Europe.

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    2. I know. It is why they keep making dull police stories . They reuse the same cars, te same guns, the same hand outs they call wardrobe.

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    3. It is interesting that they do that with our period set shows too, there are a few big companies in Europe that own furniture, costumes, weapons and other objects for historical films and shows, so they use the same ones often in dozens of different films and shows.

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  2. I'd say it was they ugly lady wearing the ugly bonnet that did the murder. She looks like a mean hag in the trailer.

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    1. I have a feeling they will blame it on a man, not woman.

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