SEE NICOLAS DUVAUCHELLE, GREGORY FITOUSSI, GUILLAUME GOUIX IN THE 16TH CENTURY SET MINI SERIES FORTUNES OF FRANCE BASED ON ROBERT MERLE'S LEGENDARY SAGA

  FORTUNES OF FRANCE  

The series is available on Prime Video

HISTORICAL SERIES FROM FRANCE 

Some two years ago I told you that Robert Merle's 13 books long saga FORTUNES OF FRANCE (Fortune de France) is being turned into a six episode mini series by France2 with our dear Nicolas Duvauchelle starring alongside Gregory Fitoussi and Guillaume Gouix! The historical series, which used more than 750 extras in the production, aired in France last year, but it is now available on Prime Video for streaming. Check out the trailer with English language subtitles below and tell us what you think. 

 THE SERIES IS SET IN

Black Périgord, Château de Mespech, 1557. The religious wars are threatening to spread through France. Behind the ramparts of the castle of Mespech, surrounded by a dangerous, hostile and intolerant world, the Siorac family fights for its survival and its convictions. Jean (Nicolas Duvauchelle), the father, is forced to reconnect with violence to defend his ideals. Isabelle (Lucie Debay), the mother, fights to exist in a world where men make the law. Pierre (Simon Zampieri) and François (Marcel Thompson), the sons, suddenly enter adulthood, torn like their country between the Protestant faith of their father and the Catholic fervor of their mother. There is the life of a community, masters and servants, parents and children, epidemics, adversaries, battles and mourning, science and superstitions and love stories. The series is also known as The Huguenots at some places.

 

1ST NICOLAS DUVAUCHELLE, GREGORY FITOUSSI, GUILLAUME GOUIX IMAGES FROM THE SET OF 16TH CENTURY MINI SERIES FORTUNES OF FRANCE BASED ON ROBERT MERLE'S LEGENDARY SAGA

  FORTUNES OF FRANCE  

FIRST HISTORICAL SERIES SET IMAGES ARE HERE

While the strike season is on we will, as usual, stick to Europe, so today I have something new from France for you: last year they had a number of historical mini series led by The King's Favourite and Marie Antoinette,

Nicolas Duvauchelle leads the series as the family patriarch

but this year they are adapting one of their most beloved series of historical novels - Robert Merle's 13 books long saga FORTUNES OF FRANCE (Fortune de France) is being turned into a six episode mini series by France

Gregory Fitoussi and Lucie Debay star in the new series

2! Today you can check out first set photos showing us the lead stars in full costume: and it is an ensemble cast led by our dear Nicolas Duvauchelle

Blandine Bellavoir and Guillaume Gouix also star

alongside Gregory Fitoussi and Guillaume Gouix! The historical series, which used more than 750 extras in the production, will air next year.

 

 THE SERIES IS SET IN

Black Périgord, Château de Mespech, 1557. The religious wars are threatening to spread through France. Behind the ramparts of the castle of Mespech, surrounded by a dangerous, hostile and intolerant world, the Siorac family fights for its survival and its convictions. Jean (Nicolas Duvauchelle), the father, is forced to reconnect with violence to defend his ideals. Isabelle (Lucie Debay), the mother, fights to exist in a world where men make the law. Pierre (Simon Zampieri) and François (Marcel Thompson), the sons, suddenly enter adulthood, torn like their country between the Protestant faith of their father and the Catholic fervor of their mother. There is the life of a community, masters and servants, parents and children, epidemics, adversaries, battles and mourning, science and superstitions and love stories.

BEHOLD ISABELLE ADJANI AS THE ROYAL COURTESAN DIANE DE POITIERS IN THE PERIOD SET FRENCH MINI SERIES! BEAUTIFUL DELICIEUX 18TH CENTURY MOVIE TRAILER ABOUT FIRST EVER FRENCH RESTAURANT

  DIANE DE POITIERS SERIES  

FIRST ISABELLE ADJANI PHOTO

Behold the first photo of French diva Isabelle Adjani as the lead character in new French two part mini series DIANE DE POITIERS. This is just a costume rehearsal photo, as the production was pushed to September,

Isabelle Adjani takes the titular role

but it gives you a good impression. In the two 90 minute episodes from France 3, she will play the titular royal courtesan, who, endowed with insolent beauty and daring manager intermingling with politics, shared with King Henry II (Nicolas Duvauch- elle) twenty years her junior, the most burning passion in the history of France. In so doing, she defeated two dangerous rivals: the queen Catherine de Medici herself, whose name is associated with the bloody Saint Bartholomew's Night, and a royal favorite educated in the art of poisons. Jean Reno, Jeanne

The production will start this September in France

Balibar and Mathieu Amalric will also star in this 16th century historical saga. It is interesting that almost 20 years after playing queen Margot, the daughter in law of Catherine de Medici, Adjani will now play the lover of Catherine's husband.

 1ST DELICIEUX TRAILER FOR 

NEW FRENCH PERIOD SET FILM

Speaking of the French, check out the first poster and a really lovely and beautiful trailer for their period set movie DELICIEUX set in the world

Delicieux arrives to French cinemas September

of cooking and who is better in that trade than the French people? The movie already premiered at French Film Festival over in Melbourne (go figure) but it will arrive to cinemas next September. Directed and written by Eric Besnard, the film has the story set in France, 1789, just before the Revolution. With the help of a surprising young woman (Isabelle Carre), a chef (Gregory Gadebois) who has been sacked by his master finds the strength to free himself from his position as a servant and opens the first restaurant. 

FRANCE 3 PREPARING EPIC TV SERIES WITH ISABELLE ADJANI AS 16TH CENTURY ROYAL MISTRESS DIANE DE POITIERS & NICOLAS DUVAUCHELLE AS KING HENRY II OF FRANCE

  DIANE DE POITIERS SERIES 

SENDS ISABELLE ADJANI TO THE 16TH CENTURY FRENCH COURT

As every other year, we usually spend the month of January announcing all the international epic projects to expect in the future, and earlier this week in our spotlight on French period set projects that will air this year, I

Isabelle Adjani will take the titular role

mentioned that France 3 is preparing a two 90 minute episode mini series DIANE DE POITIERS in which Isabelle Adjani will play the titular royal courtesan, who, endowed with insolent beauty and daring manager intermingling with politics, shared with King Henry II (Nicolas Duvauchelle), twenty years her junior, the most burning passion in the history of France. In so doing, she defeated two dangerous rivals: the sovereign whose name was to associate her name with the bloody Saint Bartholomew and a royal favorite educated in the art of poisons. Jean Reno, Jeanne Balibar and Mathieu Amalric will also star in this 16th century historical saga. It is interesting that almost 20 years after playing queen Margot, the daughter in law of Catherine de Medici, Adjani will now play the lover of Catherine's husband.

DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON

Henry met Diane when he was seven and she was his grandmother's lady in waiting, well in her 20s. She will later on become his royal mistress, when he was 15 and she 35, and advisor until his death. She even took part in the

Nicolas Duvauchelle will be King Henry II

choosing of his future wife and supported the choice of Catherine de Medici. As Diane didn't give him a child, she made sure that Henry's visits to the marital bedroom would be frequent, to the point that he had ten legitimate children. Diane even helped nurse Catherine back to health when she fell ill. Although he had affairs with other women as well, Diane remained his lifelong companion and was France's most powerful woman for 25 years. When the pope sent presents to Catherine, he would  send them to Diane as well. Thanks to her loyalty she was Henry's most trusted ally at the court and as such was even in charge of the education of his and Catherine's children and of the crown jewels while Diane's daughter from her previous

Diane was almost two decades older than Henry II

marriage was in charge of Queen's house hold. Diane kept her status while the king was alive but when he got wounded in a tourna- ment, Catherine did not allow Diane near the king's deathbed nor to his funeral. She spent the rest of her life comfortably in a chateau outside Paris where she died at the age of 65. During the French Revolution, her tomb was opened, her corpse desecrated, and her remains thrown into a mass grave. When French experts dug up her remains in 2009, they found high levels of gold in her hair. It is suggested that the "drinkable gold" that she "reportedly" regularly took, believed to preserve youth, may have ultimately killed her.

A MERMAID IN PARIS FANTASY DRAMA TRAILER WITH NICOLAS DUVAUCHELLE AS A LOVESTRUCK CROONER IS HERE!

'A MERMAID IN PARIS' TRAILER

 A CROONER AND A MERMAID

Something French and surreal for you today: the first trailer for French fantasy romance A MERMAID IN PARIS (Une Sirene À Paris) which is ready to swim into French cinemas March 11th. Conveniently set in

There is also a music album inspired by the book

Paris in 2016 right after the floods that almost have submerged the Alexandre III bridge, this charming drama sees French superhunk Nicolas Duvauchelle playing a heartbroken crooner Gaspard, who had vowed never to fall in love again and who rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her. He, the man who suffered from having loved too much, and she, the creature who never knew love, will get to know each other. The role of the mermaid went to Marilyn Lima,

The film is based on a book by Mathias Malzieu who also directs it

while the cast also includes Almodovar's favourite actress Rossy De Palma and Tcheky Karyo. The film was directed by Mathias Malzieu who adapts his own 2019 book with this film.