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“Killing is like reading and writing. It can be taught.”

—Rony Lahoud, a.k.a “The Lebanese”

 

Marseille, present day.

Sole survivor of a building collapse that housed a major drug deal gone wrong, Malik a 17-year-old Comorian orphan, is sent to prison having been pulled from the rubble with packets of cocaine hidden in his body. Frail and illiterate, he must now forge a path and find allies in prison where clans reign supreme in order to survive. A beggar among beggars, he rises in power as the prison itself becomes his teacher in crime.


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A decade has passed since Malik El Jebenna first appeared on the silver screen. We now reunite the original trio—producer and writers—who brought this extraordinary character to life. Our goal is to offer a new reading of the protagonist, one more in line with the times in a France that has experienced numerous changes over the past ten years, all at once societal, criminal and ethnic.

 

Production Info

In development with the César-winning writers and César and BAFTA-winning producer that brought the original Oscar-nominated and Cannes Grand Prix winner to the screen.

Type
TVSeries

Runtime
8x52'

Seasons
3 Seasons

Status
In Development

Genre
CrimeDrama

Writers
Abdel Raouf Dafri
Nicolas Peufaillit

Producers
Marco Cherqui
Sébastien Janin