Shock Waves (TV series)

Shock Waves
Ondes de choc
GenreDrama anthology
Original languageFrench
No. of episodes4
Original release
NetworkRadio Télévision Suisse
Release13 July (2018-07-13) –
20 July 2018 (2018-07-20)

Shock Waves (French: Ondes de choc) is a Swiss television drama anthology series, broadcast by Radio Télévision Suisse in 2018.[1] The series consisted of four television films dramatizing true crime stories from European history.

The episodes premiered theatrically at the Solothurn Film Festival in February 2018,[2] and two episodes of the series, Diary of My Mind and First Name: Mathieu, received theatrical screenings in the Panorama section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival,[3] prior to their television premieres in July. All four episodes were later screened at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.[4]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Diary of My Mind (French: Journal de ma tête)"Ursula MeierAntoine Jaccoud, Ursula MeierJuly 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)
Madame Fontanel (Fanny Ardant), a school teacher, must confront the effects of having been made an unwitting accomplice to a murder committed by her student Benjamin (Kacey Mottet Klein), when he confesses to the murder and his motivations in a homework assignment he turned in to her just before committing the crime.[5]
2"Sirius"Frédéric MermoudFrançois Decodts, Laurent Larivière, Frédéric MermoudJuly 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)
Based on the Order of the Solar Temple fires at Salvan in 1994, a cult prepares for a mass ritual suicide.[1]
3"First Name: Mathieu (French: Prénom: Mathieu)"Lionel BaierLionel BaierJuly 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Based on the real life case of serial killer Michel Peiry, teenager Mathieu (Maxime Gorbatchevsky) copes with being the sole survivor of a serial killer after being kidnapped and raped but escaping.[6]
4"The Valley (French: La Vallée)"Jean-Stéphane BronJean-Stéphane Bron, Alice WinocourJuly 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Riyad (Ilies Kadri) tries to outrun the police in a valley, after a failed attempt at car theft.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Thomas Sotinel, "TV – « Ondes de choc » : tétralogie sanglante chez les Helvètes". Le Monde, July 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ondes de choc : Ceux qui restent". Film Exposure, February 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "Programme for Berlinale Panorama 2018 Complete: What's Your Poison?". Berlinale. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ^ 2018 Program Guide, Vancouver International Film Festival.
  5. ^ Guy Lodge, "Film Review: ‘Shock Waves — Diary of My Mind’". Variety, March 11, 2018.
  6. ^ Boyd van Hoeij, "'Shock Waves — First Name: Mathieu' ('Ondes de choc — Prenom: Mathieu'): Film Review | Berlin 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, March 8, 2018.
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