{"id":23394,"date":"2025-09-10T10:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/berenice-bejo-to-star-in-hbo-max-france-televisions-alice\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:02:27","slug":"berenice-bejo-to-star-in-hbo-max-france-televisions-alice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/berenice-bejo-to-star-in-hbo-max-france-televisions-alice\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo to Star in HBO Max &#038; France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions\u2019 ALICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max and France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions have begun filming ALICE, a six-part drama about the first female director, Alice Guy Blanch\u00e9, with B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo (<em>The Artist<\/em>) starring in the lead role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to partner with France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, Wild Bunch and Palermo Production on this deeply human story that brings to light the French pioneer of world cinema long erased from history,\u201d said HBO Max\u2019s Guillaume Le Gros. \u201cHer strength of character, artistic vision and fierce determination remain profoundly inspiring today. <em>ALICE<\/em> perfectly reflects our commitment to telling universal, powerful and uplifting stories while partnering with local talent to bring them to audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Created by Tim Loane (<em>Versailles<\/em> season three, <em>Marcella<\/em>, <em>Das Boot<\/em>) and Claire Lemar\u00e9chal (<em>Drops of God<\/em> season two), <em>ALICE<\/em> is co-written with Andr\u00e9 Gulluni (<em>Rematch<\/em>). It is co-directed by Virginie Verrier (<em>Marinette<\/em>) and Guillaume Lonergan (<em>Empathie<\/em>). It is being co-produced by HBO Max and France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, with Wild Bunch, Palermo Production, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cin\u00e9matographique and Sphere Media.<\/p>\n<p>Starring alongside Bejo are Thibaut Evrard (<em>Differente<\/em>, <em>Escort Boy<\/em>, <em>No Man\u2019s Land<\/em>, <em>Paris Police 1900<\/em>), Oscar Lesage (<em>The Count of Monte-Cristo<\/em>, <em>The Substance<\/em>, <em>Marie-Antoinette<\/em>,<em> The Crown<\/em>), Ir\u00e8ne Jacob (<em>Liaisons<\/em>, <em>The Affair<\/em>, <em>3 Colors Red<\/em>), Yannick Choirat (<em>Under Paris<\/em>, <em>Home Jacking<\/em>, <em>A Damaged Man<\/em>), Marc Barb\u00e9 (<em>Paris Police 1900<\/em>), Steve Driesen (<em>Case 137<\/em>), Sophie N\u00e9lisse (<em>Yellowjackets<\/em>), Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud (<em>Yellowjackets<\/em>, <em>The Borgias<\/em>) and Vincent Leclerc (<em>Dumas<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>ALICE<\/em> is an ambitious, long-anticipated drama, first announced four years ago,\u201d said Manuel Alduy and Morad Koufane of France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions. \u201cIt celebrates the extraordinary journey of a woman who lived many lives\u2014a cinema pioneer, a passionate lover, a mother and a bold entrepreneur. Her story is as cinematic as the art form she helped create, and we want to finally give her the recognition she was denied for over a century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wild Bunch\u2019s Gr\u00e9gory Strouk and Palermo Production\u2019s Caroline de Jenlis, producers of the series, added, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to launch the first-ever scripted series on Alice Guy Blanch\u00e9, the world\u2019s first female filmmaker. <em>ALICE<\/em> is an epic sage diving into the struggles and triumphs of an extraordinary, free-spirited woman who helped shape the birth of cinema. With a powerhouse creative team and a story as bold as it is timeless, <em>ALICE<\/em> is set to inspire and captivate audiences in France and across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max and France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions have begun filming ALICE, a six-part drama about the first female director, Alice Guy Blanch\u00e9, with B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo (The Artist) starring in the lead role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":23398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6467,418,11346,3213,11347,11348,11349,4876,11350],"class_list":["post-23394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alice","tag-france-televisions","tag-guillaume-le-gros","tag-hbo-max","tag-la-compagnie-cinematographique","tag-palermo-production","tag-panache-productions","tag-sphere-media","tag-wild-bunch","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo to Star in HBO Max &amp; 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