BR4QUO – Devour the last season as of 12 September on CANAL+

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Caplan, Morlighem and Roxane find themselves grappling with the fearsome Baba Aroudj whose son was killed by Morlighem in the course of a police operation.

Is Caplan and his posse ready to commit the irreparable once more to get rid the Turkish crime boss, even though the Criminal Justice Inspectorate has them in its sights?

The first two episodes will be broadcast on 12 September at 9:55 PM on CANAL+ with the integrality of the season available subsequently on myCANAL.

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“Après moi le bonheur”, feature film starring Alexandra Lamy, 07/03 on TF1

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CAPA Drama has the pleasure of announcing the broadcast of “Après moi le Bonheur“, a feature for television by Nicolas Cuche, Monday 7 March 2016 at 9:55 PM on TF1..

A hard-hitting and poignant feature-length movie in which a mother suffering from cancer engages in a desperate battle for the right to choose the foster family in which her children can grow up together after her death.

This one-off TV movie was adapted from a true story, that of Marie-Laure Picat, published in book form in 2009 entitled “Le courage d’une mère”, a success which sold over 70,000 copies.

Alexandra Lamy, stunning in this “Mother Courage” role, stars alongside Zabou Breitman, Thierry Frémont, Jean-Michel Tinivelli, Julia Piaton and Cécile Rebboah.

“Après moi le bonheur”

  • Written by Claire Lemaréchal, from the book by Marie-Laure Picat and Anne Berthod “Le courage d’une mère”, published by ©Oh ! Editions.
  • A film produced by Arnaud Figaret for Capa Drama and Claire Lemaréchal for Azad Films.
  • Cast: Alexandra Lamy, Thierry Frémont, Zabou Breitman, Jean-Michel Tinivelli, Cécile Rebboah, Michaël Abiteboul, Julia Piaton…/li>
  • Photo credits: © François Lefebvre / Capa Drama / Azad Films / TF1

VERSAILLES becomes the best performing original series of the past 2 years

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All-round, the series has become the best-performing original creation for the past 2 years.

Indeed, VERSAILLES had the highest audience for the launch of an Original Creation since TUNNEL (November 2013) with almost 1 million subscribers (987,000) for a subscriber audience share of 19.2%.

Furthermore, in de-linearized distribution the series scored over 2.7 million downloads for the whole of the series over a 4-week download window.

In terms of overall success, over a 4-week period, it scored an average of 1.2 million contacts per episode, broadcast exclusively on CANAL+ and CANAL+ A LA DEMANDE (Pay Per View).

In addition, its international success has already been largely confirmed with the sale of VERSAILLES in 12 countries including the UK, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Bulgaria, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Canada.

VERSAILLES is the top selling series in box-set and digital and has been the leading end-of-year launch in its category.

The second season of VERSAILLES is now in the pipeline.

A performance which illustrates, more than ever, the passion of subscribers for big-budget original creations from CANAL+.

Source: Médiamétrie audience measurement.

Behind the scenes of the Versailles series

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“Once upon a time, there was a grand and glorious king who lived in a magnificent palace…” Discover the making of “Versailles” the new original series from Canal+ on air from 16 November 2015.

Check out the series “Versailles” as of 16 November on Canal+, but also on Facebook and Twitter

Interview with Jalil Lespert, director of the first two episodes of the Versailles series

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Jalil Lespert, acteur et réalisateur nominé aux Césars, a réalisé les deux premiers épisodes de Versailles. Dans une interview vidéo exclusive, il nous fait part de sa vison de la série et de ses personnages.

Biographie :

Jalil Lespert débute sa carrière d’acteur avec Laurent Cantet qui le fait tourner en 1999 dans « Ressources Humaines » (César du meilleur espoir masculin). Jalil Lespert a une prédilection pour les rôles de composition : jardinier sensuel dans « Sade », culturiste dans « Vivre me tue », gigolo dans « Pas sur la bouche ».

Il tourne ensuite dans « Le promeneur du Champs de Mars », « Virgil », « Le Petit Lieutenant », « Ne le dis à personne » et « Le voyage en Arménie ».

Plus récemment il était à l’affiche de la série « Pigalle la nuit », puis des films « un baiser papillon », « Love and Bruises », « Landes », « De guerre lasse », et à la rentrée, de « premiers crus » de Jérôme Le Maire aux côtés de Gérard Lanvin.

En parallèle, Jalil Lespert se lance en 2007 dans la réalisation avec « 24 mesures ». Il adapte ensuite le roman d’Olivier Adam, « Des vents contraires », avec Audrey Tautou et Benoît Magimel. Enfin, il réalise le biopic « Yves Saint Laurent » (sept nominations aux Césars 2015) avec Pierre Niney et Guillaume Gallienne.

Crédit photo : Johan Lindeberg

Retrouvez la série “Versailles” à partir du 16 Novembre sur Canal+, mais aussi sur Facebook et Twitter