In Danish series ‘Generations’ created by Anna Emma Haudal, it’s all in the family.
“I’ve always been interested in family dynamics. It drives everything I write,” she tells Variety ahead of the show’s premiere at French Series Mania, Europe’s most important TV festival.
“I was very interested in epigenetics. When I realized I was a part of my grandmother when she was pregnant with my mom, because I was my mom’s egg, it blew my mind. Everything she’s been through during her pregnancy affected me too. I turned into a real nerd, eager to dig into mysterious connections between family members, and that led me to these generations of women.”
Still, it’s not just about similarities between loved ones. During renovation in Copenhagen’s apartment building, a mummified body of a child is discovered. 85-year-old Martha immediately confesses to the crime, but her daughter,...
“I’ve always been interested in family dynamics. It drives everything I write,” she tells Variety ahead of the show’s premiere at French Series Mania, Europe’s most important TV festival.
“I was very interested in epigenetics. When I realized I was a part of my grandmother when she was pregnant with my mom, because I was my mom’s egg, it blew my mind. Everything she’s been through during her pregnancy affected me too. I turned into a real nerd, eager to dig into mysterious connections between family members, and that led me to these generations of women.”
Still, it’s not just about similarities between loved ones. During renovation in Copenhagen’s apartment building, a mummified body of a child is discovered. 85-year-old Martha immediately confesses to the crime, but her daughter,...
- 3/24/2025
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Dr Sales, the international sales arm of Danish pubcaster Dr, is launching at Mipcom in Cannes Dr Drama’s latest event series “Generations,” mixing crime, mystery and family secrets.
Making her debut in long-form serialised drama is Anna Emma Haudal, behind DR3’s hit youth series “Doggystyle” for which she won a national Robert Award for best short series in 2019. Haudal shares the writing credits with seasoned writer Rune-Schjøtt-Wieth and co-directs with Thomas Daneskov (“Wild Men”) and Ville Gideon Sörman (“I See You”).
Toplining the drama is rising talent Alice Bier who landed the title role in Netflix’s period drama “Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction,” after an appearance in her mother Susanne Bier’s “The Night Manager.” In other main roles are seasoned actresses Ulla Henningsen, Anette Støvelbæk as well as Simon Sears (“Ride Upon the Storm”).
The series opens with the discovery of a mummified infant during a...
Making her debut in long-form serialised drama is Anna Emma Haudal, behind DR3’s hit youth series “Doggystyle” for which she won a national Robert Award for best short series in 2019. Haudal shares the writing credits with seasoned writer Rune-Schjøtt-Wieth and co-directs with Thomas Daneskov (“Wild Men”) and Ville Gideon Sörman (“I See You”).
Toplining the drama is rising talent Alice Bier who landed the title role in Netflix’s period drama “Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction,” after an appearance in her mother Susanne Bier’s “The Night Manager.” In other main roles are seasoned actresses Ulla Henningsen, Anette Støvelbæk as well as Simon Sears (“Ride Upon the Storm”).
The series opens with the discovery of a mummified infant during a...
- 10/22/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
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