SBS on Demand: Savages

2019 French political thriller Savages will premiere next month at SBS on Demand.

This is a six-part series that follows an assassination attempt on the President of France.

All six episodes available to stream.

In French with English subtitles. This premiered internationally last September.

Present day France. The first presidential candidate of Algerian descent is on the brink of power. But on the night of the election, he is shot, bringing turmoil to two families and the entire nation.

Savages is a thriller and family saga, reflecting on France’s contemporary identity. A political drama, the series stars Roschdy Zem as Idder Chaouch, a politician who is on the verge of becoming the first Maghrebi person to win election as President of France, but whose campaign may be undone by family and racial politics after an assassination attempt is made on his life.

Thursday, 10 September on SBS On Demand.