Spies of Terror

{{Short description|French television spy thriller miniseries}}

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| alt_name = Les espions de la terreur

| genre = Spy thriller, crime drama

| creator = Franck Philippon

| based_on = {{Based on|Les espions de la terreur (2018)|{{Ill|Matthieu Suc|fr}}}}

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| screenplay = {{Hlist|Franck Philippon|Matthieu Suc|Claire Lemaréchal}}

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| director = {{Ill|Rodolphe Tissot|fr}}

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| starring = *Rachida Brakni

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| music = Philippe Jakko

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| country = France

| language = French

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| num_episodes = 4

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| runtime = 48–61 min.

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Spies of Terror, or Les espions de la terreur, is a French spy thriller, crime drama television miniseries, which was streamed from June 2024 via M6+. It is a dramatisation of the investigation of the November 2015 Paris attacks, by French Secret Service agents. It was created by Franck Philippon based on {{Ill|Matthieu Suc|fr}}'s book, Les espions de la terreur (2018).{{Cite web |author=Sarah |title=Les Espions de la terreur série avec Rachida Brakni, Fleur Geffrier et Vincent Elbaz en tournage pour M6 |trans-title=The Spies of Terror series with Rachida Brakni, Fleur Geffrier and Vincent Elbaz filming for M6 |url=https://www.lezappingdupaf.com/2023/01/les-espions-de-la-terreur-serie-avec-rachida-brakni-fleur-geffrier-et-vincent-elbaz-en-tournage-pour-m6.html |date=23 January 2023 |website=Le Zapping du PAF |language=fr }}{{Cite web |first=Lucie |last=Reeb |title=M6 prépare une série sur les attentats du 13 novembre 2015 avec Vincent Elbaz |trans-title=M6 is preparing a series on the attacks of 13 November 2015 with Vincent Elbaz |url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=1000009074.html |date=13 January 2023 |website=Allociné |language=fr }}{{Cite web |author=Pascal |title=Tournage d'une mini-série qui est une adaptation du livre Les Espions de la terreur |trans-title=Filming of a mini-series which is an adaptation of the book "Spies of Terror" |url=https://www.leblogtvnews.com/2023/01/tournage-d-une-mini-serie-qui-est-une-adaptation-du-livre-les-espions-de-la-terreur.html |date=13 January 2023 |website=Le Blog TV News |language=fr }} Its four episodes are directed by {{Ill|Rodolphe Tissot|fr}}. Philippe Jakko won the Festival de la Fiction's Best Music prize, in La Rochelle, September 2023.{{Cite web |first=Jean-Christophe |last=Nurbel |title=Festival de la Fiction 2023 : le palmarès complet |trans-title=Fiction Festival 2023: the complete list of winners |url=https://bullesdeculture.com/festival-de-la-fiction-2023-palmares-tv/ |date=19 September 2023 |website=Bulles de culture |language=fr }} The main characters are Malika (Rachida Brakni), Lucie (Fleur Geffrier), Vincent (Vincent Elbaz), Alexandre ({{Ill|Pierre Perrier (actor){{!}}Pierre Perrier|fr|Pierre Perrier (acteur)}}) and Gomez (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing).

Premise

Following the November 2015 Paris attacks, French Secret Service agents from Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) and Direction Zonale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DZSI) cooperate to hunt the perpetrators.

Cast and characters

  • Rachida Brakni as Malika Berthier: DGSE head of European office, leads investigation into terrorist network's leaders
  • Fleur Geffrier as Lucie Kessler: DGSI Commandant, supervises judicial police response to attacks
  • Vincent Elbaz as Vincent Morin: DZSI Major in Lille
  • {{Ill|Pierre Perrier (actor){{!}}Pierre Perrier|fr|Pierre Perrier (acteur)}} as Alexandre Lebrun: DGSI Commandant, Lucie's partner
  • Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Gomez: DGSI Commissaire, Lucie's boss
  • Rachid Guellaz as Saïd: Muslim, suspected drug-dealer, worried about radicalised younger brother
  • Olivier Faliez as Demoustier: Colonel, Alexandre's boss
  • Cédric Vieira as Benoît: Malika's husband
  • {{Ill|David Geselson|fr}} as Sébastien Le Tallec
  • Julie Duclos as Manon: works for Lucie
  • Azad Boutella as Le Repenti (English: The Repentant) Aziz Bellaoui: prisoner, Lucie's informant
  • Bellamine Abdelmalek as Anis Bahri: radicalised Muslim, suspected terrorist
  • Walid Ben Mabrouk as Reda Kriket: radicalised Muslim, Anis' associate

Production

In November 2019 Tetra Media Fiction acquired the rights to {{Ill|Matthieu Suc|fr}}'s book, Les Espions de la Terreur (November 2018), to adapt it into a television series. Spies of Terror was created and written by Franck Philippon and directed by {{Ill|Rodolphe Tissot|fr}}.

Episode guide

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