Savages (TV series)

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Savages
GenreDrama
Written bySabri Louatah
Rebecca Zlotowski
Benjamin Charbit
David Elkaïm
Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
Music by Robin Coudert
Country of origin France
Original languageFrench
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersMarco Cherqui
Joëy Faré
Rebecca Zlotowski
CinematographyGeorges Lechaptois
EditorsMike Fromentin
Géraldine Mangenot
Release
Original network Canal+

Savages (French : Les Sauvages) is a French drama mini-series, which premiered on Canal+ in September 2019. [1] A political drama, the series stars Roschdy Zem as Idder Chaouch, a politician who is on the verge of becoming the first Maghrebi person to win election as President of France, but whose campaign may be undone by family and racial politics after an assassination attempt is made on his life. [1]

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The series was created by Rebecca Zlotowski and Sabri Louatah, based on a series of novels by Louatah. [2]

The series had its television premiere on September 23, 2019. [3] In advance of its television premiere, two episodes of the series received a preview screening in the Primetime program at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. [4]

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