{"id":15373,"date":"2021-08-10T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T09:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:50:53","slug":"hbo-picks-up-french-limited-drama-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-picks-up-french-limited-drama-series\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Picks Up French Limited Drama Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HBO has acquired the North American television and streaming rights to the six-episode limited series <em>Laetitia<\/em> from France tv distribution.<\/p>\n<p><em>Laetitia<\/em>, directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (<em>Murder on a Sunday Morning<\/em>), is based on true events that took place in France in 2011\u2014the disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Laetitia\u2014and the best-selling book that followed in 2016 by Ivan Jablonka, <em>La\u00ebtitia ou la fin des hommes<\/em>. It will debut on August 30 on HBO and HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>The series chronicles the investigation into Laetitia\u2019s disappearance and the repercussions for her twin sister, Jessica. As investigators search to uncover the details behind Laetitia\u2019s final days, the case casts a sharp eye on France\u2019s legal system, police force, social services and how a single act of violence can impact an entire country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind Laetitia\u2019s tragic murder, there was an unknown world, an abusive social environment with shattered individual destinies,\u201d said de Lestrade. \u201cThis is a true story, and it starts with classic police work, an investigation about the disappearance of an 18-year-old girl. To me, it very quickly became an investigation about the life of that young woman, which is much more fascinating and something for which I feel a great deal of responsibility and humility in being able to tell. We have to remember Laetitia, not the way she died, but the way she lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Laetitia<\/em> stars Sophie Breyer (<em>Raw<\/em>) as Laetitia and Marie Colomb (<em>Sunshine State of Mind<\/em>) as her twin sister, Jessica. Others in the lead cast are Yannick Choirat (<em>Victor Hugo<\/em>, <em>Last Love<\/em>), Sam Karmann (<em>True Enough<\/em>), Alix Poisson (<em>The Returned<\/em>, <em>The Collection<\/em>), K\u00e9vin Aza\u00efs (<em>A Taste of Ink<\/em>, <em>Love at First Sight<\/em>), Noam Morgensztern (<em>Just Love!<\/em>), Clotilde Mollet (<em>The Intouchables<\/em>), Cyril Descours (<em>Paris, je t&#8217;aime<\/em>) and Guillaume Marquet (<em>Love Crime<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The series was written by de Lestrade and Antoine Lacomblez, executive produced by Jean Labib (CPB Films) and produced by Judith Louis and Christophe Louis (L\u2019Ile Clavel). 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