Female-Driven, Premium Period Dramas Spearhead Latest French Fiction Revolution
French television producers are showcasing a wave of premium, female-led period dramas at this year's Unifrance Rendez-vous in Le Havre, signalling a renewed international appetite for high-production-value historical fiction. Three flagship series lead the slate: "Alice," about pioneering filmmaker Alice Guy; "Swapped," a thriller set among Parisian wet nurses in the 1890s; and a new…