The 51st International Emmy Awards ceremony has crowned a French production its winner within the Short Fiction Films line-up, namely the series A Very Ordinary World which is written and directed by Ovidie (who previously turned heads with the short animated series Libres! and documentaries along the lines of Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals [+leggi anche:
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Released last year on Canal+, the eight-episode first season of A Very Ordinary World thrusts us into a dystopic world ruled by women and followed in the wake of Romain, a sociology student drawn to the bright lights of pornographic film sets, which he sees as a path to emancipation. The story hijacks the porn industry to offer up a critique of our world.

Produced by Marc Berdugo and Barbara Conforti on behalf of Magneto (whose works also include the multi-award-winning documentary Selfie [+leggi anche:
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International sales for both seasons of the series are entrusted to StudioCanal.