''Shock Waves'' (french: Ondes de choc) is a
Swiss television drama anthology series, broadcast by
Radio Télévision Suisse
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...
in 2018.
[Thomas Sotinel]
"TV – « Ondes de choc » : tétralogie sanglante chez les Helvètes"
''Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
'', July 20, 2018. The series consisted of four television films dramatizing
true crime
True crime is a nonfiction literary, podcast, and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people associated with and affected by criminal events.
The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 pe ...
stories from European history.
The episodes premiered theatrically at the
Solothurn Film Festival
The Solothurn Film Festival (SFT) is the most important festival for Swiss film productions. Founded in 1966 in the Swiss city of Solothurn, the annual festival presents a representative selection of Swiss feature, documentary, and short film produ ...
in February 2018, and two episodes of the series, ''Diary of My Mind'' and ''First Name: Mathieu'', received theatrical screenings in the Panorama section at the
68th Berlin International Film Festival
The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 15 to 25 February 2018. German filmmaker Tom Tykwer served as Jury President. American film director Wes Anderson's animated film '' Isle of Dogs'' opened the festival, becoming ...
,
prior to their television premieres in July. All four episodes were later screened at the
2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Episodes
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Lionel Baier
Lionel Baier (born 13 December 1975 in Lausanne) is a Switzerland, Swiss film director.
Career
Lionel Baier studied Art at University of Lausanne from 1995–98. In 2009, he co-founds the production company Bande à Part films, together with Ur ...
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Michel Peiry, teenager Mathieu (Maxime Gorbatchevsky) copes with being the sole survivor of a serial killer after being kidnapped and raped but escaping.
[Boyd van Hoeij]
"'Shock Waves — First Name: Mathieu' ('Ondes de choc — Prenom: Mathieu'): Film Review , Berlin 2018"
''The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...
'', March 8, 2018.
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, DirectedBy =
Jean-Stéphane Bron
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Alice Winocour
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, ShortSummary = Riyad (Ilies Kadri) tries to outrun the police in a valley, after a failed attempt at
car theft
Motor vehicle theft (also known as a car theft and, in the United States, grand theft auto) is the criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle. Nationwide in the United States in 2020, there were 810,400 vehicles reported ...
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References
External links
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2018 Swiss television series debuts
Swiss crime television series
Swiss drama television series
2010s anthology television series
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