BBC acquires French crime series from boss of The Staircase
The BBC has acquired a new French crime series from the filmmaker of the successful true crime documentary The stairs.
Titled Sambre – Anatomy of a crimeThe series, based on true events, tells the story of the legal battle surrounding a serial rapist who abused women in the same location for over three decades.
The six-part series was conceived and written by Alice Géraud and Marc Herpoux and will be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC TV channels. The stairsThe film is directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade.
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“In the late 1980s, women in northern France were sexually harassed on the same road along the Sambre river – the attacks took place early in the morning and in a similar manner,” the official summary states.
“The police are unable to grasp the extent of these attacks or establish a connection between the cases.”
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It continues: “The justice system is overwhelmed by the piling up of cases. It will take 30 years to catch a man who has never stopped attacking women and is responsible for at least 54 cases of rape or sexual assault.”
“Sambre – Anatomy of a crime is a thriller that follows the course of the investigation and its impact from the 1980s to 2018 and the beginning of the #metoo era.”
Sue Deeks, BBC Head of Programme Acquisition, said of the project: “Sambre – Anatomy of a crime is a gripping series about France’s most notorious sex offender and how he managed to slip through the cracks of the justice system for over 30 years.
“Each episode is told from the perspective of a different person involved in the case – a victim, the judge, the mayor, the scientist, the police officer and finally the perpetrator – and is a gripping examination of the failings of a society and its institutions.”
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