Disney+ EMEA has signed a deal with France TV Distribution to distribute the French high school drama series About Sasha throughout Europe (excluding France), the UK, the Middle East and Africa in 2023.
The French-language series about an intersex youth struggling with questions of identity recently aired on France TV’s online Gen Z-oriented platform Slash.
About Sasha follows its eponymous intersex title character who must navigate the turmoil of starting a new high school and dealing with embracing her feminine side after being born and raised a boy. The series delves in to her reality of facing numerous forced operations to conform to the gender assigned by doctors and follows her and her family as she moves out of Paris to start fresh in a new place.
About Sasha took home the prize for best series at the 2022 Series Mania Festival and was presented to buyers at Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Biarritz in September.
The 10 x 26’ series– titled Chair Tendre in its native France – was written by Yaël Langmann and co-directed by Langmann and Jérémy Mainguy. The series produced by Jerico TV stars breakout talent Angèle Metzger in the titular role alongside Saul Benchetrit, Daphné Burki and Grégoire Colin. The show was notably made by Coda producer Philippe Rousselet and the co-producer of the Oscar-winning title’s original French film La Famille Bélier Eric Jehelmann, alongside Clara Laplace.
“For me, Disney has always represented a magical-sounding entity whose core business has always been to tell stories. And what stories! We couldn’t be prouder to have such a prestigious partner with such committed choices,” said Langmann.
Julia Schulte. France TV Distribution’s SVP of international sales. added: “About Sasha is a series full of energy and light, emotions and honesty about the difficult subject of the search of identity. The series concerns us all and we are more than happy about the international release on Disney+.”
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