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Shock Waves – First Name: Mathieu (2018)

Shock Waves – First Name: Mathieu poster
Original title
Prénom: Mathieu
Directed by
Lionel Baier
Genre
drama film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h
Rated
12
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is part of a Swiss anthology series that dramatizes true crime stories from European history. Each episode is a standalone film that reenacts a real-life event.

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What happens

Shock Waves (French: Ondes de choc) is a Swiss television drama anthology series, broadcast by Radio Télévision Suisse in 2018. The series consisted of four television films dramatizing true crime stories from European history. The episodes premiered theatrically at the Solothurn Film Festival 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, prior to their television premieres in July. All four episodes were later screened at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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