Broadcast of the Daughters of Fire series

The series daughters of fire directed by Magaly Richard-Serrano and produced by Kwaï will be broadcast on France 2 from August 28.

DIFFUSION

Project supported by Gironde Tournages, the series daughters of fire will be broadcast from August 28 at 21:10 p.m. on France 2. Two episodes will be offered every Monday evening for 3 weeks.

SYNOPSIS

1609, Basque Country. Coming from a long line of healers, three sisters see their lives endangered by the arrival in the region of Judge Pierre de Lancre, a demonologist commissioned by King Henri IV. Terrified and soon obsessed with women's freedom and knowledge, he will lead what will be one of the deadliest witch hunts in France. Plunged into a nightmare, our three sisters find themselves having to fight, each in their own way, to try to survive...
Freely inspired by real events.

FILMING AT THE ROYAL CASTLE OF CAZENEUVE

Despite a story anchored in the bay of Saint Jena de Luz, a large part of the filming took place at the Cazeneuve castle in Préchac for 3 months in the winter of 2022. The film crew invested around ten rooms in the castle but also the exterior parts (cour d'honneur, walkway, bamboo grove, etc.).

This series, which pays tribute to all these independent women, resonates particularly with the history of the Château, which has welcomed within its walls great women whose modernity at the time marked the spirits.
The best known is undoubtedly Marguerite de Valois, known as Queen Margot, wife of the King of France Henri IV. Placed under house arrest in Cazeneuve pending the annulment of her marriage, she went to the banks of the Ciron river in order to honor amorous appointments there; from this place is called the Grotto of Queen Margot.
Charlotte Rose de Caumont de la Force born in Cazeneuve in 1650 became a great novelist at the court of Louis XIV writing historical novels or fairy tales. She notably wrote the tale Persinette from which Disney's Rapunzel is inspired.
Or the Countess Emmanuelle de Sabran-Pontevès, whose botany no longer held any secrets and who redesigned the entire park of Cazeneuve in the English style and had the large bamboo grove and palm trees planted.

VISIT THE ROYAL CASTLE OF CAZENEUVE

Former property of the lords of Albret then of the King of France Henri IV, the Royal Castle of Cazeneuve is still inhabited by the ducal family of Sabran-Pontevès. Never sold, it is fully furnished from the period

August and September: every day from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. (last departure of the guided tour) and from 15 a.m. for the park
October: every weekend from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. (last departure of the guided tour) and school holidays

ACTORS

Guillaume de Tonquédec (D'Urtubie), Michèle Laroque (Madame de Leoz), Angela Molina (Gratianne), Anabel Lopez (Jeannette), Lizzie Brocheré (Catherine), Bruno Debrandt (Pierre de Lancre), Zoé Adjani (Morguy), Marc Ruchmann (Damien), Wendy Nieto (Madeleine), Axel Mandron (Zéphyr), Tom Hudson (Cariel)

More information : https://www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-presse/50119140

Monday August 28: Episode 1 and 2
Monday, September 4: Episode 3 and 4
Monday, September 5: Episode 5 and 6