CANAL+ continues its commitment to creating original African content. Following "Invisibles," the first series produced on the continent, "Sakho et Mangane
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and more recently the series "Agent," CANAL+ presents a new original creation, the series "CACAO."
Designed as a 12-episode, 50-minute series, the new show was produced by Tanka Studio and Underscan, based on an original idea by Yolande Bogui, and directed by Alex Ogou, who was also behind the series "Invisibles," named best foreign French-language drama at the La Rochelle Fiction Festival.
"CACAO is the first French-language African family saga. In terms of strategy, it is a major fiction project and a production feat. The project fits perfectly with our strategy in terms of original African creation. CACAO is an African story, bold and authentic, directed by Africans, embodied by Africans, with unprecedented production quality,"
says Nathalie Folloroux, Director of Canal+ channels at Canal+ International.
Indeed, this fiction project represents five years of development, 18 months of preparation, production, and post-production, 142 days of filming with more than 90 sets, four months of post-production, and a total of more than 1,000 people involved.
CACAO will begin airing on June 15 on CANAL+.
See also: Interview with François Deplanck, founder of Tanka Studio and producer of the series CACAO
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