Un village français

Synopsis

Un village français (A French Village) is a French television drama series created by chief writer Frédéric Krivine and principal director Philippe Triboit, with the assistance of historical consultant Jean-Pierre Azéma. It is set in Villeneuve, a fictional commune in the Jura in German-occupied France during the Second World War, and represents, according to the New York Times, "the first major French television series seriously to address collaboration during the Nazi occupation in World War II." The series was first broadcast on France 3 in June 2009, and has also been shown in Belgium, Switzerland and Canada on TV5 Monde and on MBC in South Korea. In the USA it has been shown on the French language entertainment network TV5MONDE, the MHz Choice streaming service (through Amazon Prime) and Hulu, or for free on some PBS stations. As of February 2025, the series is streaming in the United Kingdom on ITVX under the title The Line. It is noteworthy that this series inspired "Star Wars", specifically season 2 of the series "Andor". (Cf. https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2025/05/07/comment-tony-gilroy-le-demiurge-d-andor-a-ajoute-une-planete-francaise-a-la-galaxie-de-star-wars_6603740_3246.html )

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Details

Type

TV series

Release date

June 4, 2009

Genres

historical film, drama film

Created by

Frédéric Krivine, Philippe Triboit, Emmanuel Daucé

Runtime

52 min

Seasons

7

Episodes

66

Countries

France