After its success in the US, Love & Death has finally found a French broadcaster! On the menu of this dark and thrilling mini-series: the true story of Candy Montgomery, accused of having killed her best friend with an axe. And it’s coming soon to CANAL+.
Love & Death, exclusively on CANAL+ and myCANAL.
This is a series that will get people talking! After Jessica Biel in Candy: Murder in Texas, Elizabeth Olsen will play Candy Montgomery in a new mini-series: Love & Death. Unveiled last spring on HBO, this 7-episode drama is based on a news story that shook the United States in the early 1980s.
Love & Death finally arrives in France, on CANAL+
At that time, Candy Montgomery was a housewife from Wylie, Texas, who led a quiet life with her husband Pat, close to their friends Betty and Allan Gore. But when Betty is found murdered by 41 blows of an ax and an extramarital affair comes to light, all suspicion turns to Candy.
Although it had great success in the US, Love & Death had not yet found a French broadcaster. This is now done since CANAL+ has officially announced the broadcast of the series from November 30, at the same time as its arrival on myCANAL.
Carried by the interpretation of Elizabeth Olsen, essential Wanda Maximoff among the Avengers, the series unveils a credits which will delight fans of the genre. At his helm, we find for example Lesli Linka Glatter, director to whom we owe certain episodes of Mad Men, Homeland, Gilmore Girls or Twin Peaks. David E. Kelley, creator of Big Little Lies and The Undoing, is handling the writing.
On the casting side, the Marvel star will star alongside some great names from the big and small screen, such as Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad, The Power of the Dog), Lily Rabe (The Prodigy, American Horror Story), Patrick Fugit (Gone Girl). ), Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, Jessica Jones), or even Tom Pelphrey (Ozark). See you on November 30!