South African Drama Reyka to Open Monte-Carlo TV Festival
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This year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival, which marks its 60th anniversary, will feature the worldwide premiere of the South African drama
Reyka.
Dominion,
Downton Abbey) and Thando Thabethe (
How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding). In the series, a flawed but brilliant criminal profiler, haunted by her past, returns to her hometown to solve a string of brutal murders committed by a serial killer amongst the sugarcane fields of Kwa-Zulu-Natal.
The series’ director is Zwelesizwe Ntuli (
Hard to Get) and the producer Serena Cullen (
Lady Chatterley’s Lover). Reyka is from Serena Cullen Productions and Quizzical Pictures for M-Net (MultiChoice Africa Group), with global distribution handled by Fremantle.