Arte has just unveiled its series and fictions for the year 2021-2022. Between the feminist comedy “Nona and her daughters”, the British event series “Vigil” and the thriller “Doubts” with Muriel Robin, the program promises to be busy!
French series
Tall grass
In summer, Jules, 10, is welcomed in the countryside by a young couple, because his mother was injured. How to find your place in a village whose inhabitants are shaken by deep antagonisms; how not to fear what is hidden behind the tall grass?
With Emmanuelle Devos, India Hair, Louise Chevillotte …
Fall 2021
Nona and her daughters
In love with André and freed from her three daughters whom she adores, Nona, 70, lives her life at full speed in the heart of the Goutte d’Or. Until the day when Doctor Truffle tells her that she is pregnant …
With Miou-Miou, Virginie Ledoyen, Clotilde Hesme, Valérie Donzelli …
Fall 2021
Winter spirit
On this Christmas morning, Nathalie wakes up, haunted by a dire foreboding and the impression that, 14 years earlier, when little Alice was adopted, something would have followed them home. While Nathalie tries to dispel this anxiety, her husband, Marc, leaves for the airport to pick up her parents who have come for the party. A winter lock-up takes place during which her daughter’s behavior appears more and more strange and incoherent …
With Audrey Fleurot, Cédric Kahn, Lily Taïeb …
Early 2022
Algiers confidential
A police inspector attached to the German embassy in Algiers is having a forbidden love affair with an Algerian examining magistrate. While they try to hide this relationship from their respective hierarchies, the kidnapping of an arms salesman places them in a conflict of interest …
Based on the novel Peace to their Arms by Oliver Bottini.
With Ken Duken, Hania Amar, Dali Benssalah…
Early 2022
Foreign series
Anna
In a post-apocalyptic present, a stubborn young girl sets out to find her kidnapped little brother. Through charred fields, dark forests, ruins of shopping malls and abandoned towns, she will have to fight day after day alongside a community of survivors on a desolate island where nature has reclaimed its rights. She will be guided in her quest by the instruction book left to her by her mother. But as the days go by, she will understand that it is now impossible to live according to the rules of the past: she has to build new ones.
Adapted from the eponymous novel by Niccolò Ammaniti (Il miracolo)
With Giulia Dragotto, Alessandro Pecorella, Clara Tramontano …
In preview and in full from September 10
Blackport
The introduction of fishing quotas by the Icelandic government in the mid-1980s upset the balance of an entire village. Secretary at the town hall, Harpa takes advantage of a tragic accident to save her husband from bankruptcy and create a fishing empire, thanks to the new quota system …
With Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Gísli Örn Garðarsson…
Early 2022
Man in Room 301
Summer 2007, Finland. While the Kurttis spend their annual vacation in their cabins, 2-year-old Tommi is shot and killed. Elias, a 12-year-old neighbor, is held responsible for his death. Summer 2019, Greece. 12 years later, the family receives a threatening anonymous letter. In the Greek station where they are staying, they come across a man who looks like Elias, in room 301. Is it really him?
With Jussi Vatanen, Antti Virmavirta, Kaija Pakarinen …
September 23 and 30
H24
Inspired by twenty-four real facts, a series written by twenty-four European authors (including Alice Zeniter, Agnès Desarthe, Lola Lafon, Sofi Oksanen …) which reports on violence against women on a daily basis, on the most banal incident to the most terrible drama. Twenty four daring films interpreted by twenty four exceptional actresses.
With Diane Kruger, Camille Cottin, Céleste Brunnquell ….
Fall 2021
Vigil
How does the disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and the death of an individual aboard a nuclear submarine cause conflict between the local police, the Royal Navy and the British intelligence services?
With Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Shaun Evans…
Early 2022
The new seasons
Mytho – season 2
Elvira Lambert blew up her family by inventing cancer. Who is the mysterious Lorenzo who broke into his life? Will he prevent her from winning back her family or help her untie her …
