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Playtime, the well-established European film and TV group based in Paris, has scored a flurry of deals on three anticipated international series, “Trauma,” “Mental” and “Helvetica,” as well as on the documentary “Voulez-vous rire avec moi ce soir.”

Produced by Empreinte Digitale (“Missions”), “Voulez-vous rire avec moi ce soir” was picked up by Netflix in French Speaking Europe, Africa, UK, Australia, Us and Canada. The series, which portrays top comedians around the world, was directed by Yacine Belhousse and premiered on the local cable channel Comedie Plus.

A popular French series, “Trauma” was acquired by Walter Presents for the U.S. and for the U.K. where it will air on Channel 4’s platform All4 and digital channel More4.

“Trauma is a superb French series: a dark, twisted psychological thriller with plenty of cliffhangers and a unique, compelling premise which makes it a perfect addition to the Walter Presents collection,...

The trial and tribulations of a thirty something heavy metal rock band in crisis, might not sound like fertile ground for a comedy, but then you could have said that about Rob Reiner’s masterpiece ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ and look were that ended up. According to French movie site Allocine Martin Le Gall’s Death Metal comedy Pop Redemption is set for release this coming June (high time they release a trailer then!) and stars Grégory Gadebois, Jonathan Cohen, Julien Doré, Yacine Belhousse. Synopsis: Each summer since their adolescence, The Dead MaKabés head out on what they pretentiously call a "summer tour" - a few bottom end concerts in festivals in the depths of Europe. But for these four friends, the crisis of the thirties and weeks of smouldering resentment this may well be the last. It’s difficult to remain faithful to your ideals when you are a...