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\n\tThe BBC has acquired thriller series \u201cKabul,\u201d starring the late Eric Dane and \u201cTehran\u2019s\u201d Shervin Alenabi, from Mediawan Rights.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe six-part show, which is against the backdrop of U.S. troops\u2019 withdrawal from Afghanistan amid the Taliban\u2019s return to Kabul, follows the chaotic evacuation of varied characters including diplomats, soldiers and civilians.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe synopsis reads: \u201cKabul, August 15, 2021. As American troops withdraw, the Taliban enter town. The Nazany family, like many civilians, is forced to flee, fearing retaliation. On this desperate and chaotic situation \u2013 shadowed by the looming threat of an attack by ISIS \u2013 French cops, Italian diplomats, German military personnel, and American intelligence services must one way or the other coordinate to administer the influx of civilians. How will each of them manage to save lots of their very own lives? The countdown has begun.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tProduced by France\u2019s 24 25 Movies and Cin\u00e9t\u00e9v\u00e9, it also stars Jonathan Zacca\u00ef (\u201cLe bureau des legendes\u201d), Thibault Evrard (\u201cThe Night of the twelfth\u201d), Vassilis Kukalawi (\u201cKandahar\u201d), Jeanne Goursaud (\u201cPax Massilia\u201d), Gianmarco Saurino (\u201cL\u2019estate piu Calda\u201d) and Valentina Cervi (\u201cMedici: Masters of Florence\u201d).<\/p>\n
\n\tThe series is directed by Kasia Adamik (\u201cNo Escape\u201d) and Olga Chajdas (\u201cImago\u201d) from a screenplay by Olivier Demangel (\u201cAtlantics,\u201d \u201cNovember\u201d), Thomas Finkelkraut (\u201cThomas Finkielkraut\u201d) and Joey Lavy (\u201cThe Shift\u201d).<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201c\u2018Kabul\u2019 is a tragedy of the very best stakes,\u201d said Nick Lee, the BBC\u2019s head of program acquisition. \u201cA warzone story which is propelled by the true ticking clock of the evacuation that was just five years ago this summer. Global politics remain complex, but \u2018Kabul\u2019 dramatises the most important view of history through the smallest window of a human family.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tProducers are Fabienne Servan-Schreiber and Charlotte Ortiz at Cin\u00e9t\u00e9v\u00e9, Matthias Weber and Thibault Gast at 24 25 Movies (a Mediawan Company). Sandrine Paquot exec produces. The series was made in collaboration with the European Alliance with Mediawan Rights repping global sales.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cKabul\u201d launches on the BBC\u2019s streaming platform iPlayer on Aug. 2 and can be broadcast on BBC 4 from Aug. 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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