PARIS -- Star power is the name of the game for French commercial network TF1, which on Monday unveiled a schedule that is rich with specially commissioned French fiction formats featuring local and international stars. This year's diverse crop of French fiction includes Julie Chevalier de Maupin, a 17th century drama set in Versailles starring Pierre Arditi and Sarah Biasini in the title role. Emmanuelle Beart, Tcheky Karyo, Vincent Elbaz and Heino Ferch will star in D'Artagnan et les 3 mousquetaires, an adaptation of The Three Musketeers. Gerard Depardieu will play Volpone, the 15th century Italian adventurer and crook, while Bernard Giraudeau plays an ace detective trying to crack a murder in Dans la tete du tueur (In the Killer's Head). Also scheduled for the coming year is Premier Secours, a fiction series about medical and fire emergency services in Paris.
- 8/31/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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