{"id":22676,"date":"2025-05-20T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T12:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:16:17","slug":"putains-frederik-daem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/putains-frederik-daem\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Putain\u2019s Frederik Daem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A raw, authentic story, the Streamz original series\u00a0<em>Putain\u00a0<\/em>depicts a grittier side of Brussels. It features a mix of rising talents (including some authentic street casting) and established actors to show the multilingual and multicultural reality of Brussels today.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6372919182112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The series has been resonating with both young and older audiences, garnering the best opening weekend for a Streamz original in 2024 and consistently earning top ratings. 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