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MHz Choice to Debut the Whimsical French Limited Series Nona and her Daughters

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Valérie Donzelli both acts in and makes her television directorial debut with Nona. She considers motherhood as both a "super-power and a super poison" and created the series as a way to explore familial relationships over time. The series explores both motherhood as well as family feminism. The female-led production also includes a chorus of male roles--the comical doctor, the devoted midwife, the clumsy secret lover, the unstable researcher, and the baffled husband.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The French drama-comedy Nona and her Daughters (Gaumont), a series Variety named a top "French TV Series to Watch", will debut in May on MHz Choice as a limited series with nine half-hour episodes.
  • Valérie Donzelli both acts in and makes her television directorial debut with Nona.
  • Also premiering this month are a pair of French crime dramas with Unclaimed (Mediawan) and Under Law and Grace.
  • The British 1960s classic detective series Maigret (Kino Lorber) will continue to roll out in May with two additional seasons.